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mountable, are entirely removed, and the road before him, although
yet a rugged one, presents no impediment which perseverance and
industry may not be found sufficient to overcome.
In the first volume, the Author was anxious to name the eminent
persons to whom he stood so deeply indebted, individually ; but the
list was even then so e\tensive, that he was obliged to abandon the
intention, and to content himself with a general acknowledgment of
obligation. He is now placed in a similar situation ; nay, the cata-
V1U PREFACE.
logue has become so much enlarged as to preclude the possibility of
enumeration. He must not, however, omit particularizing his highly
gifted and accomplished friend James Roche, Esq. of Cork, to whom
he is indebted for the most important literary assistance, and the most
valuable information : nor should he forget especially naming that
able genealogist, Mr. Joseph Morris, of Shrewsbury, who has fur-
nished materials, admirably digested, for some of the most elaborate
pedigrees in this volume. In returning thanks to his esteemed cor-
respondent, Mr. Allan, of Durham, in the first volume, that gentleman
is called William Henry Allan, Esq. instead of Robert Henry Allan,
Esq. which inaccuracy the Author begs now to apologize for, and to
correct.
December, 1834.
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
WlTHAM OF ClIFFE.
P. 7, col. 1, 1. 39, for " Whi/ton," read
" Whitton."
BOUVER1E OF DELAPRE.
P. 8, col. 2, 1. 21. Delapre Abbey is
erroneously stated to have descended
by marriage to the family of Bou-
verie. It was purchased, upon the
demise of Mary (Tate), Lady Hardy,
by Mr. Bouverie.
Evans of Ashhill, and Evans of Por-
trane. — The following is a more correct
engraving of the arms of these families than
that already given ;
7
Evans of Knockaderry.
P. 26. Thomas D'Arcy Evans, esq.
of Knockaderry House, died 10th
December, 1833, and leaving no
issue, was succeeded by his brother,
James D'Arcy Evans, esq. now of
Knockaderry,who married, secondly,
2nd January, 1834, Anne, widow of
John Fitzgerald, esq.
COYNEY OF WESTON-COYNEY.
P. 42. The present Walter Hill
Coyney, esq. is lieutenant-colonel
of the Staffordshire militia.
Standish of Standish.
P. 64, col. 2, 1. 20, for "Augustus Hall
Standish, esq. of Duxbury," read
" Frank Hall Standish, esq. of Dux-
bury."
%• We omitted to state, in detailing the
Strickland family, vol. i. p. 56, that Thomas
Stryckeland entered into agreement witli
Henry V. dated 29lh April, 1415, to serve
the king in his wars in France during one
year, and that to him was confided the dis-
tinguished honour of bearing the banner of
St. George at the memorable battle of
Azincourt. In February, 1424, Thomas de
Strykeland, late bearer of the banner of
St. George, petitioned King Henry V. to
consider the service he had rendered to the
state in parts beyond the seas, from the time
of his arrival at Harfleur and the battle of
Azincourt, and since to the time when
Rouen was taken. Rymer's Fcedera, JSico-
las's History of the Battle of Azincourt.
Edwards of Ness Strange.
P. 78, for " Jevan," read " Jevan."
P. 79, for " Gravelkind," read " Gavel-
kind."
Maude of Kendal.
P. 89. Joseph Maude, esq. of Sunder-
land, who married, in 1692, Miss
Sarah Paddison, of Norton, had, be-
sides the four sons mentioned at
page 89, three daughters, viz.
I. Margaret, m. to John Thornhill,
esq. of Thornhill, Bishopwear-
b
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
mouth, a magistrate for Durham.
She died in 1783.
II. Jane, m. to William Barker,
esq. of Sunderland,
in. Sarah.
Maude of the Woodlands.
P. 90. Samuel Maude, esq. of Sunder-
land, younger son of Bryan Maude,
esq. married Miss Rachel Warren,
of Scarborough, and had, with other
children, who d. young,
I. William, of Sunderland, b. in
1700, m. Hannah, daughter of
John Freeman, of Sunderland,
and had three sons and two
daughters, viz.
1. Samuel, of Holmside,
Bishopwearmouth, married
twice, hut had no issue.
2. John, b. in 1726, d. in 1787
unmarried.
3. William, b. in 1731, died
unmarried.
1. Rachel, b. in 1727, d. in
17JS0 unmarried.
2. Elizabeth, b. in 1729, m.
Bernard Ogdbn, esq. of
Sunderland, and dying in
1805 left issue.
H. Samuel, died young in 1707.
in. Warren, of Sunnyside, an-
cestor of the Maudes of the
Woodlands and of Sunnyside.
See pages 90 and 91.
I. Margaret, b. in 1696, died un-
married.
II. Hannah, b. in 1698, m. to Mark
Burleigh, esq. of Sunderland,
and had issue.
in. Jane, b. in 1703, m. first, to
J. Dodgson, esq. of Shincline ;
and secondly, to J. Nelson, M.D.
iv. Rachel, b. in 1714, m. to Isaac
Thompson, esq. of Newcastle.
V. Abiali, b. in 1716, m, first, to
John Sinclair ; and secondly, to
Abraham Darby, esq. of Coal-
brookdale. (For an account of
the Darby family, see p. 310.)
Maude of Sunnyside.
P. 91, 1. 7, for " WiZton Castle," read
" Wilton Castle."
Farquharson of Invercauld.
P. 99, col. 2, 1. 28. Amelia, Lady
Sinclair, who married James Far-
quharson, of Invercauld, was daugh-
ter of Lord George Murray (son of
John, first Duke of Athol), who
acted so distinguished a part, as ge-
neral to Prince Charles, in the
rising of 1745.
Fonnerf.au of Christ Church Park.
P. 110. Mademoiselle Gabrielle
Fonnereau, of the city of La Ro-
chelle (sister of Zacharie Fonne-
reau, born 10th February, 1636, who
fled from France at the revocation
of the edict of Nantes, and settled
in London), wedded Pierre Andre
Peracheau, of Saumur, and had a
daughter, Gabrielle Peracheau,
who m. Aaron Crossley, esq. and was
mother of
Frances Crossley, who espoused
John Seymour, esq. and was
great-grandmother of the pre-
sent
Aaron Crossley Seymour,
esq. of Castletown House,
in Ihe Queen's County, and
of High Mount, in the
county of Cork.
O'Shee of Gardenmorres.
P. 121, col. 2, 1. 41, for " seven" read
" five."
P. 123, col. 2, 1. 16, for " twelfth Lord
Trimlestown," read " ninth Lord
Trimlestown."
P. 124, col. 1, 1. 27. Lucas Shee, of
I ppercourt, ancestor of the Cloran
family, sat for the county of Kil-
kenny in the same parliament in
which his uncle Matthew repre-
sented the borough of Thomastown.
P. 125, col. 2, 1. 22, for " a daughter
of Sir Patrick Bellew," read " Mary,
eldest daughter of Sir Patrick Bel-
lew."
P. 126, col. 2, 1. 3. The Rev.William
Wright, M.A. and LL.D. who m. in
1830, Adelaide Elizabeth, daughter
of James Edward Ford, esq. by
Frances, his wife, daughter of Major
Stransham, has issue, Edmund Shee
Y\ right, and Frances Jane Murray
Wright. Dr. Wright is the author
of a work detailing the evils of
" Slavery at the Cape of Good Hope,"
and the translator of Seiler's " Bib-
lical Hermeneutics."
P. 126, col. 2, 1. 5. The Rev. Richard
Wright, now ofTorrington,in Devon,
married, first, in 1830, Mary, daugh-
ter of Samuel Leigh, of Kilkenny,
by whom (who d. in 1833) he has a
daughter, Susan ; and secondly, in
1834, Ellen, eldest dau. of Captain
John Maxwell, of Rumboldswick, in
the county of Sussex (son of the late
General Maxwell), of the family of
Maxwell of Finnebrogue, of which
the present representative is John
Waring Maxwell, esq. M. P. for
Downpatrick.
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
XI
Halliday of Wilts and Somkrsetshiue.
The following is a more correct engraving
of the arms (Halliday and Trowbridge
quarterly) than that given at p. 127 ;
P. 130, 1. 13, for "daughter of Ed-
mund Trowbridge, esq." read " daugh-
ter and co-heiress of Edmund Trow-
bridge, esq."
Tolson of Bridekirke.
P. 133, 1. 34, for " 1808," read "30th
December, 1807." Mrs. Tolson was
buried atllminster, 7th January, 1808.
P. 135, col. 1, 1. 20. Richard Tolson,
esq. of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-
law, left, by Sarah, his wife, one son
and three daughters,
I. Francis, in holy orders, rector
of Market Harborough, in Lei-
cestershire, defendant in a suit
in chancery with his sisters,
Sarah and Elizabeth, in 1722.
He married, and had issue,
Richard, who died young, and
was buried at Wath-upon-
Dearne, 25th January, 1722.
Catherine, living in 1786, who
m. — Mylburne, esq. of
Mile End, in Middlesex, and
d. s. p.
Eleanor, of Greek-street,
Westminster, d. unm.
Mary, of Great Russell-street,
Bloomsbury, d. unm.
I. Mary, d. s. p.
ii. Sarah, plaintiff in a suit in
chancery with her brother, the
Rev. Francis Tolson, in 1722.
III. Elizabeth, plaintiff in a suit in
chancery with her brother, the
Rev. Francis Tolson, in 1722.
P. 136, col. 1, 1. 18, for " 1673," read
" 1763."
Field of Heaton.
P. 148, col. 2, 1. 19. Col. Randall
Gossip having predeceased his elder
brother, never inherited Thorparch.
The Colonel's son, the present Ran-
dall Gossip, esq. of Thorparch Hall,
succeeded to the estates upon the de-
mise of his uncle.
P. 148, col. 2, 1. 22, dele the word
" Cant," which was an error of the
press, for " Capt."
Campbell of Barquharrie.
P. 158, for " Sowtbeg," read " Sorn-
beg."
P. 158, for " Cresnock," read " Cesnock."
Long of Hampton Lodge.
4 v."
read
for
P. 166, for " iv." read " VI." for
read " vn." and for " vi."
" VIII."
Muckleston of Merrington.
P. 168, 1. 4 from foot, col. 2,
" translation," read " transaction."
Nanney of Belmont.
P. 181, col. 2, 1. 7, for "Thomas
Vaughan, esq." read " John Vaughan,
esq."
Tl'FNELL OF LANGLEYS.
P. 182, col. 1, 1. 8 from foot, for "Mr.
Alderman Jolliffe," read " Alderman
Sir William Jolliffe."
P. 183, col. 1, 1. 2. Colonel George
Foster Tufnell, of Chichester, by
Mary Farhill, his second wife, had
issue,
I. William, of Chichester, b. in
1769, who m. Mary, daughter of
Lough Carleton, esq. and had
two sons and a daughter, viz.
1. Henry, who wedded Anne-
Augusta, daughter of Sir
RobertWilmot-Horton,bart.
now governor of Ceylon,
and has one daughter.
2. Edward Carleton, barrister-
at-law.
1. Maria, d. unm. and buried
at Islington.
II. John-Charles, who m. Cliana-
Margaret, only dau. and heiress
of the Rev. John Towell, D.D.
rector of Bishopsbourne, Kent,
and had issue,
1. John - Charles - Towell, b.
11th July, 1797, m. Eliza-
beth, daughter of — Pen-
fold, esq. of Annington, and
has issue.
2. William, b. 29th March,
1802, died 12th November,
1833.
3. Arthur Bonham, b. in 1812.
4. Edward Wyndham, b. in
1814.
5. Thomas Jolliffe, b. in 1819.
6. Thomas Robert* b. in 1822.
1. Mary- Jane, m. to Lieu-
tenant Edward Jennings,
R.N. and has issue.
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ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
2. Frances, m. the Rev. Robert
Keays, of Pewhill House,
Wilts, and has issue.
3. Henrietta-Susannah, m. to
Thomas Dewell, esq. of
Dantsey, Wilts, capt. R.A.
and has issue.
4. Anna-Catherine, d. unm. in
1824.
III. Samuel-.Tolliffe, in holy orders,
prebendary of Chichester, &c.
m. Charlotte, daughter of —
Diggins, esq. of Chichester, and
had an only daughter and heiress,
Ellen,
iv. George. This gentleman is
erroneously stated at page 183,
to have been in holy orders.
He d. unm.
I. Frances-Maria, deceased.
P. 183, col. 2, I. 35. John Tufnell.
esq. of Hawkeston, in the county of
Lincoln, son of John Tufnell, esq. of
Waltham, and Miss Beaulieu, his
wife, married a daughter of Colonel
Shirley .
P. 183, col. 2, 1. 49, Mottoes — Manus
haec inimica tyrannis, and Esse quam
videri.
Pol'll AM OF LlTTLECOTT.
P. 199, col. 2, 1.51, for " Friday," read
" Trickev."
P. 201. The following is a more cor-
rect version of the tradition regard-
ing Littlecott, when possessed by the
Dayrells.
" About seven or eight miles from the
mansion of an ancient and respectable
family in Wiltshire, towards the close of the
sixteenth century, there dwelt a midwife of
great skill and practice, who one night was
called up just as she had gone to rest, alter
having returned from exercising the duties
of her profession in another quarter. As
soon as she knew the cause of her being
disturbed, she endeavoured to excuse her-
self, on account of fatigue, and wished to
send an assistant whom she kept in the
house. The messenger, however, being-
resolved to gain the principal only for his
purpose, urged that he had something to
ask of her, for a person of consequence,
after which the deputy might do. She ac-
cordingly came down stairs and opened the
-door, after which she disappeared, and was
absent for many hours.
" The deposition she made of what fol-
lowed before a magistrate, and afterwards
upon trial, was to the following effect. — She
stated tliat as soon as she had unfastened
the door, and partly opened it, a hand was
thrust in, which struck down the candle,
and at the same instant pulled her into the
road in front of her house, which was de-
tached from the village, or any other dwell-
ing. The person who had used these abrupt
means, desired her to tie a handkerchief over
her head, and not wait for a hat, as a lady
of the first quality in the neighbourhood was
in want of her immediate assistance. He
then led to a stile at a short distance, where
there was a horse saddled, and with a pil-
lion on its back ; he desired her to seat
herself first, and then mounting immediately
he set off at a brisk trot. After they had
travelled about three quarters of an hour
she expressed great alarm, but her con-
ductor assured her that no harm should
happen to her, and that she should be well
paid, but added, that they had still further
to go. He got off his horse several times
to open gates, and they crossed many
ploughed and corn fields, for though it was
quite dark she could discover that they had
quitted the high road within two miles of
her own house ; she also said they crossed
a river twice. After they had been about
an hour and a half on their journey they
entered a paved court or yard, as she con-
cluded from the clattering of the horse's feet
on the stones. Her guide now lifted her off
the horse, and conducted her through a long-
dark passage, in which she only saw a
glimmering of light at a distance, which was
concealed or put out upon the shutting of a
large gate through which they passed. As
soon as they arrived at a sort of landing
place, her guide addressed her to the fol-
lowing effect. 'You must now suffer me to
put this cap and bandage over your eyes,
which will allow you to speak and breathe,
but not to see ; keep up your presence of
mind, it will he wanted, and 1 again repeat,
no harm will happen to you.' Then con-
ducting her into a chamber, lie continued,
' now you are in a room with a lady in
labour, perform your office well and you
shall be amply rewarded, but if you attempt
to remove the bandage from your eyes, take
the consequences of your rashness.' Here
she said that horror and dread had so be-
numbed her faculties, that had any assistance
been wanted she was rendered incapable of
giving it, but nature had effected all that
was requisite, and what remained for her to
do was little more than to receive a male
infant, and to give it into the hands of a
female, who by her voice she conceived to
be a woman advanced in years. Her patient
she was sure w;as a very young lady, but
she was forbid to ask any questions, or to
speak a word. As soon as the event was
completely over, she had a glass of wine
given her, and was told to prepare to return
home by another road, which was not quite
so near, but free from gates or stiles. She
begged to be allowed to repose herself for
a quarter of an hour in the arm chair, whilst
the horse was getting ready, pleading the
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XIII
extreme fatigue she had undergone the pre-
ceding day ; and under the pretence of
sleeping she made those reflections which
Aiid the foundation of that legal enquiry,
which afterwards took place. She, undis-
covered and unsuspected, contrived with
her scissors to cut off a small bit of the
curtain. This circumstance, added to others
of a local nature, was supposed sufficient
evidence to fix the transaction on the house
pointed out, and, but for the scrutiny and
cross-examination on the trial, would have
given the law great scope over the lives of
several persons, as it appeared improbable
that fewer than five or six persons could
have been concerned in a business so regu-
larly conducted. In the course of her evi-
dence the midwife affirmed she perceived an
uncommon smell of burning, which followed
them through all the avenues of the house
to the court-yard, where she remounted the
horse. She said that she remarked to the
guide, that she saw a light and smelt a smell
of burning, which he said was the work of
the gardeners, who were firing the weeds
and burning the moles amongst them, as
they always did at that time of year. And
she stated, that at the time of parting from
the guide, which was within fifty yards of
her own dwelling, he made her swear to
observe secrecy, at the same time putting a
purse into her hand, which she afterwards
found contained twenty-five guineas ; and
rill that moment the bandage had never been
removed from her eyes. The morning was
then breaking ; she also deposed that she
counted the steps on the first and second
landing-places, which agreed with those of
the suspected house, and the piece of cur-
tain was found to match one exactly in a
room where the birth of the child was sup-
posed to have taken place. With such
evidence it was expected that nothing short
of a conviction of some of the parties for
the murder of a new born infant must have
followed ; particularly as a beautiful young
lady in the family (a niece) had withdrawn
herself from her acquaintance, under the
plea of going to a convent at Avignon, to
learn French, when she had been seen more
than once after her declared departure, by
a fruit woman, looking out of a small win-
dow next to her usual apartment. In the
course of the trial, however, the circum-
stance of the curtain was rendered suspi-
cious, by its being proved on cross-exami-
nation, that a Catholick servant had left the
family in malice a short time before, with
horrid declarations of revenge, on account
of her having been forbidden to attend mass,
which suggested a possibility of her sup-
plying the fact of the curtain, as well as all
the local description given by the midwife
of the suspected mansion. The midwife's
story, though apparently plausible, was
considerably weakened by her swearing
positively to so many and doubtful points.
First, that of her distinguishing the being
carried over corn and ploughed fields, though
she only knew, it being so extremely dark,
that they had quitted the high road from the
sound of the horse's feet. Next, her affirm-
ing that when introduced into the chamber
she was so benumbed and stupified with
horror and dread, that in a case of difficulty
she could have given no assistance ; yet,
during this state of horror and dread, she
could, though blindfolded, swear positively
that her patient was very young ; the child
a male ; and the person to whom it was
given advanced in years ; and immediately
afterwards had the presence of mind to
execute the ingenious but hazardous ex-
periment of cutting the curtain. She also
said, that she remarked to the guide her
seeing a tight, as well as smelling the burn-
ing, yet affirmed immediately afterwards,
that the bandage was not taken from her till
she was within fifty yards of her own house.
But an apparent contradiction, and which
was supposed to have over-turned her whole
evidence, was her positively insisting that in
their way to the house, where her assistance
was wanted, they crossed a ford twice, when
it was prored that there was only one
straight river between the two houses. Now
supposing the guide to have made a wheel
round, in order to deceive the midwife, and
to have again crossed the river, they must
still have forded it a third time to arrive at
the suspected house. All these circum-
stances being pointed out, and commented
on by the judge for the consideration of the
jurymen, they returned a verdict of acquittal
without leaving the court.
" Whether the suspected parties were or
were not guilty of the crime of murder,
could only be known to themselves and the
great Disposer of all things ; but no judge
or jury would have established a different
verdict from such defective evidence. The
train of calamity which succeeded the trial
may give rise to melancholy reflections, and
was, no doubt, considered by the multitude,
to have been the eft'ect of divine visitation.
In few words, the owner of Littlecott soon
became involved in estate and deranged in
mind, and is stated to have died a victim to
despondency, and though the fate of the
niece is unknown or forgotten, ruin and
misery are said to have befallen the family
which survived him."
STArYLTON OF MYTON.
P. 207, 1. 23. Mr. Stapylton's eldest
son, Stapylton Stapylton, esq.
married Margaret, daughter of Mr.
Tomlinson, of York, and has issue,
two sons, Henry-Miles, and Martin-
Bryan.
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ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
Crawfurds of Scotland.
arms of tfjc oIU Harls of Ktrfimonto.*
The genealogist George Crawfurd's de-
duction of this family from Swane, of Danish
origin, solely from that person's holding part
of the barony ofCrawfurd, is palpably errone-
ous. Swane having been contemporary with
Galfiridus, and with his father, DominusGal-
fridus de Crawford, in the reign of William,
the Lion. It is onlv stilted, however, pro-
blematically by Crawfurd. Chalmers's en-
quiries amongst the records in the Tower
bad not, when Crawfurd wrote, given the
right direction to antiquarian research.
The recent discovery, in an old illuminated
manuscript at the British Museum, in the
Cotton collection, of the arms of Stephen,
third earl of Richmond, who died in 1104,
and their close similitude to the coat borne
by the Crawfurds, coupled with other cor-
roborative circumstances, lias thrown new
light upon the subject, and leaves hardly a
doubt that those old Earls of Richmond,
and this ancient and widely dispersed Cale-
donian family sprang from a common pro-
genitor. The original coat of the earls of
Richmond, as shewn by Gale, in his Regis-
trum Honorum Richmondice, was ermine ;
the arms of Britanny, whence those earls
distended. Gale further states, and is
supported by Clarkson, in his History of
Richmond, that the family adopted gules,
the tincture of royalty, in addition to ermine,
as a mark of gratitude to their royal bene-
factor, William, the Conqueror, under whose
* This shield, with a bourdeur argent, is pre-
fixed to the grants of the first earls, but the male
line of that house failing, and the elder co-heir,
Alice, Laving conveyed the earldom of Richmond
to her husband Peter de Dreux, the subsequent
earls carried the Dreux arms, " chequy, or and
az." the ermine being borne in canton.
The bordure in the Richmond shield indicates
cadency, the earls being a younger branch of the
house of Britanny, and was omitted after the
marriage of Bertha, daughter and heiress of
Conan, duke of Britanny, with Alan, fourth earl
of Richmond, who succeeded his father in 1104,
his elder brother, Galfridus, having died pre-
viously, s. p.
arms of ffratofurlr.
great seal they bad obtained not fewer than
440 manors, and 140 knight's fees in the
counties of York, Lincoln, and Norfolk.
Some of their successors carried leopards
or over the gules, hence gules and or became
the colours of the lords of Bedale, sprung
from Brian, second son of Alan, fourth earl
of Richmond. The ERMINE, after gules
had been adopted, was variously timbered
by some, in canton, as depicted in an
ancient picture at the Museum ; by others,
in bend, as in the engraving above, (which
with the bordure was adopted, and still
continues as the arms of the town of Rich-
mond, taken evidently from the arms of its
founder, Stephen, third earl, from whom it
received its first charter. — see Clarkson),
and in fesse, as borne by theCRAWFURDS, who
located in Scotland, in the time of Da vid I.
Reginald, the youngest son of the fourtli
earl of Richmond, and the great-great
grandson of G alfridi is, duke of Britanny,
who died in 1008, does not appear to have
founded any, establishment or family in
England, but at the period in which he
lived, we find at the court of King David,
in Scotland, a person bearing the name of
Reginald, whom George Crawford deems
the extreme ancestor of the Crawfurds, and
who obtained large grants from that prince ;
whose policy it was, as stated in the intro-
ductory observations to the Halliday family
(page 127), to allure the young and un-
endowed Anglo-Norman knights, to settle
in his dominions. This Reginald was father
or grandfather of the Dominus Galfridus
de Crawfurd, who frequently witnessed
the charters of William, the Lion, and ap-
pears to have received many marks beside
of royal consideration, demonstrative of
alliance to the court ; for which Crawfurd
states himself unable to account. If, how-
ever, Reginald were, as now conjectured,
one of the sons of the Earl of Richmond,
(and of which the concurrent testimony of
a variety of facts forms the strongest pre-
sumption), he, Galfridus, would be closely
connected with the Lion, bis uncle, Conan
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XV
Le Petit, fifth earl of Richmond (Regi-
nald's brother), having married Margaret,
daughter of Prince Henry, of Scotland,
Earl of Huntingdon, and sister of King
William : thus his rank, at court, and the
high degree of confidence he enjoyed there
would be easily explained.
In fine, the aggrandizement of Reginald
and Galfridus at the Scottish court — the
constant recurrence of those names in both
pedigrees — and above all, the identity of
arms, — for be the ermine carried in bend
or in fesse it is the same bearing (the varia-
tion being adopted probably as a mere dif-
ference to distinguish brothers), present so
strong a combination of circumstantial evi-
dence, (in absence of proof by charter,
which, through the destruction of so many
of the Scotch records by King Edward I.
of England, is now impossible) as to remove,
in our humble opinion, almost every doubt
from the hypothesis, that the old earls of
Richmond, and the Crawfurds of Scotland,
sprang from a common ancestor.
Vaughan of Burlton Hall.
P. 241, col. 1, 1. 9 from foot. Francis
Chambre,* of Wolverley, living in
1666, is erroneously stated to have
been father, instead of grandfather,
of John Chambre, who married Miss
Waring. The said Francis was
buried at Loppington, 9th May,
1678 ; his grandson, John, at New-
ton Chapel, 13th March, 1718, aged
sixty-seven ; Sarah, the widow of
John, was interred in the same vault
with her husband, 26th December,
1723 ; these particulars are taken
from the monuments of the Chambre
family, in Newton Chapel, to which
Francis Chambre was a munificent
benefactor.
The following descent of the Loppington
branch of the family is principally from the
registers of Loppington parish, and from
monumental inscriptions in that church :
Humphrey Chambre, who was living
24th Henry VIII. (by a copy of court roll
of the manor of Loppington, dated 4th
December, in that year, whereby he was
admitted customary tenant of a copyhold
estate within the said manor) married Jane
Barker, of Coogage, and had two sons,
namely, Thomas, his heir, now repre-
sented by Robert Chambre Vaughan,
esq. of Burlton Hall, as stated at page
242, and
George Chambre, the first of the family
settled at Loppington. This gentleman,
* The name (then written Chamberay) of the
earliest ancestor of the family who passed into
Kngland with William of Normandy, is enrolled
at Battel Abbey. (See Burke's Extinct Peerage.)
who was living 22nd of Elizabeth, as ap-
pears from an award made 6th May, in that
year, to which he was a party, married, and
had, with a younger son, who was father of
Francis Chambre, esq. of Wolverley, his
successor,
Francis Chambre, esq. of Loppington,
who left, by his wife, Mary, buried in the
chancel of Loppington church, 18th June,
1692, two sons and a daughter, viz.
George, his heir.
John, who died s. p. and was buried at
Loppington, 23rd July, 1683.
Mary.
The elder son,
George Chambre, esq. of Loppington,
espoused 25th May, 1660, Mrs. Dorothy
Eddowes, of Hanmer, and by her, who was
buried at Loppington, 17th November, 1685,
had one son and five daughters, viz.
George, his heir.
Catherine, bapt. 22nd August, 1663,
m. at Loppington, 29th March, 1681,
John Legh, esq. of Chester, a younger
son of the family of High Legh, and
had a son,
George Legh, of whom presently.
Dorothy, bapt. 16th June, 1671, m. to
— Lewis, esq.
Ermine, bapt. 15th March, 1674, m. to
— Creed, esq.
Francis, bapt. 17th December, 1679.
Elizabeth, bapt. 17th June, 1681.
Mr. Chambre died in 1691, aged fifty-three,
and was interred under the communion table,
in the church of Loppington : his epitaph
represents him as having been " a gentleman
of great sense and integrity, a good christian
in profession and practice, a loyal gentleman
to his king and country, faithful to his friend,
and a great benefactor to his poor neigh-
bours. He was succeeded by his only son,
George Chambre, esq. of Loppington,
bapt. 27th September, 1666, at whose de-
cease, issueless, 8th April, 1707, the estates
were inherited by his nephew,
The Rev. George Legh, D.D. vicar of
Halifax, who married thrice, but died with-
out issue, directing, by his will, which bears
date 10th March, 1779, the sale of the Lop-
pington estate : it was in consequence pur-
chased by Thomas Dickin, esq. high sheriff
of Shropshire in 1799, and is now the pro-
perty of his son, Thomas Dickin, esq. of
Loppington House, who is an acting magis-
trate for the county of Salop, and was for-
merly major of the Shropshire militia. He
espoused, in 1827, Jane, fourth daughter of
the Hon. Edward Massy, and sister to the
present Mrs. Vaughan, of Burlton Hall.
Davies of Elmley Park.
" David of Hope" stated, at p. 259, to be
the first name in the pedigree, was fourth in
descent from Cehjnin, a chieftain of Powys,
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ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
who resided at Llwydiarth, an estate which
lie inherited in right of his mother, who was
the heiress of Ririd, son of Cynric Evell,
lord of Eglwysegl. Ririd, father of Ce-
lynin, was fifth in descent from Aleth, lord
of Dyved, or Demetiw, from whom many
respectable families in the principality are
descended.
Farquharson of Haughton.
P. 261, col. 1, 1. 10 from foot, for " At-
tyre," read " A/tyre."
Edwardes Tucker, ofSealyham.
Although this family has lost its own
early records, there are documents in exist-
ence, certified by its chiefs living in the reign
of Queen Elizabeth and James I. from
which we are enabled to correct the state-
ment at page 314, and to complete the
early descents.
The Edwardses, of Trefgarne, quite dif-
ferent in descent from the Edwardses of
Rliydygors, are a branch of the numerous
descendants of Tudor Trevor, a powerful
chieftain, whose residence was on the border
of North Wales and Shropshire, whence he
is styled the head of the tribe of tin- Marches,
of Wales. Third in direct line from Tudor
Trevor, was Cynric, or Cynvrig, the son of
Rhiwlillow, which Cynric was lord of Chris-
tionydd, Cynric, and Maelor Cymraeg, in
North Wales. Eleventh from Cynric was
En\VARD-ap-John, who resided, not at Chirk
Castle, as stated in page 314, but in Chirk -
land, as a considerable district in Denbigh-
shire is termed. He married Catherine,
daughter of Ievan, or Evan-ap-William, of
Mold, in Flintshire, and had issue,
1. John-ap-Edward, or John Ed-
wardes, who rn. Gwenn, daughter of
Ieuan-ap-Gruffydd, of Penllyn,
North Wales, and had three daugh-
ters.
2. Richard Edwardes, the first of the
family who settled in Pembrokeshire.
He was chancellor of St. David's, and
a justice of the peace for the county of
Pembroke, in the year 1597. Ri-
chard Edwardes married Mirabel,
daughter of Henry Evans, by Jane,
his wife, sister to Sir William Wake,
but had no issue.
3. Thomas Edwardes, ancestor of Mr.
Edwardes Tucker, of Sealyham.
1. Margaret, to. to Thomas Hewett, son
and heir of Thomas Hewett, chanter
of St. David's, and a justice of peace
for Pembrokeshire.
The three brothers above mentioned were
the first members of this family who adopted
the surname of Edwardes ; and it was not
in the reign of Henry the Fourth, as as-
serted at p. 314, but in that of Henry VII.
that surnames were first adopted by the
principal gentry of Wales. In this family,
the surname of Edwardes was not assumed
until the time of Elizabeth, when Richard
Edwardes, being appointed chancellor of
St. David's, appears to have gathered all
the surviving members of his family into
Pembrokeshire.
Thomas Edwardes, the second son of Ed-
ward-ap-John, was twice married : by his
first wife he had two sons, Nicholas and
Richard, and the same number by his second
wife, Sage, daughter of Thomas Tucker,
viz. Owen and Richard. The elder son of
the second marriage,
Owen Edwardes, was living in 1613, and
was then married to Ethliw, or Elliw, dau.
of Morgan Voel, esq. of Haverfordwest, by
whom he had a son,
John Edwardes, father, by Anne, his
wife, daughter of Thomas Birt, of
Owen Edwardes, esq. of Trefgarne, in
the county of Pembroke, who wedded Da-
maris, daughter of James Perrott, esq. as
stated in page 314, and from whom the de-
scent to the present Mr. Edwardes Tucker
is there accurately deduced.
Swire of Cononley.
P. 343, col. 1,1.3. Roger Swire, of Hali-
fax, who married, for his first wife,
Jennet, daughter of the Rev. William
Currer, wedded, secondly, Hannah,
daughter of Abram Mellin, of Hali-
fax, and had five children, viz.
1. Roger, now resident in Jamaica,
married Miss Frances-Lydia
Cox, and has a numerous issue,
viz. John, Henry, Roger, Phi-
lip : Hannah-Jane, Frances,
Anne, -Emily Elizabeth, Mary-
Anne, and Christina-Octavia.
2. Samuel, died young.
1. Hannah, ~\ who are, or
2. Frances- Jane, r have been all
3. Elizabeth, J married, and
have issue.
Grace of Mantua.
P. 352. Ellis, or Alicia, daughter of
Oliver Grace, esq. of Shanganagh,
by Elizabeth Bryan, his wife, mar-
ried Samuel Gale, esq. of Ashfield,
Queen's County, and had issue.
Carr of Cocken Hall.
P. 354. Ralph Carr, esq. died in Oc-
tober, 1834, and was succeeded by
his son, the present William Stand-
ish Carr, esq. of Cocken Hall.
P. 356, col. 2, 1. 14, for " daughter,"
read " sister."
The motto of the Carr family is " L'espe-
rance me console/'
Hussey of Wood Walton.
P. 358. Adeliza Hussey, second dau.
of Thomas Hussey, esq. born in 1745,
married, in 1775, Major M'Fie, of
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xvn
the marines, and, secondly, in 1785,
Charles Bogle, esq. of the island of
Tobago. By her second husband,
who died in 1792, she had issue,
Vere-Warner-Hussey Bogle, b. in
1787, Lieutenant R. N. m. in
1822, Alice, only daughter of
Thomas Brown, esq. of Edin-
burgh, merchant.
Adeliza Bogle, died in January,
1817.
Alkn of St. Wolstans.
P. 365, col. 1, 1. 4. Honora, daughter
of General Alen, of St. Wolstans,
who ?m. O'Grady, of Kilballyowen,
was that gentleman's second wife,
and had, with other issue, a son,
Standish O'Grady, grandfather
of Standish, present Lord
Guillamore (see family of
O'Grady, of Kilballyowen).
The present Colonel Alen's claim to a
new creation, founded on the original baro-
netcy of St. Wolstans, is thus explained ;
Edward Alen (for an account of his pro-
genitors, see p. 364) married Catherine,
daughter of Sir John St. Leger, and had
three sons, viz.
i. Thomas, who became of St. Wol-
stans, but died without issue,
ii. Francis, Master of the Rolls, whose
grandson,
John Alen, esq. of St. Wolstans,
married a daughter of Lord
Slane, and had (with two other
sons, whose issue failed),
1. Thomas, of St. Wolstans,
who was created a baronet
in 1621, in consideration of
the great services rendered
to the State by Archbishop
Alen, but dying s. p. the
Baronetcy expired.
2. Nicholas, who eventually
inherited St. Wolstans. "As
government, in creating Sir
Thomas a Baronet, did," so
saith the patent, " but an
act of justice, considering
the services of the Arch-
bishop ;" this Nicholas, who
was related in the same
degree to his grace, had
precisely the same claim to
the honour. His lineal and
proved male descendant is
the present
Lieutenant-Colonel Luke
Alen, C.B. who has an
only surviving son,
Like- John - Henry,
a captain in the
army.
III. John, the celebrated Archbishop of
Dublin, and Lord Chancellor of Ire-
land.
The motto of the Alen family is Fortis et
fidelis.
Fowler of Abbey Cwm Hir.
P. 375, last line, for " Christine Baker,''
read " Sarah-Georgiana Baker."
%* In detailing Hill, of Court of Hill—
the maternal line of the present represen-
tative of the Fowler family — in vol. i. p. 654,
the following errors occur,
L. 4. " Furze" for " Furye."
L. 7. " Purdoe" for P«rdoe."
L. 18. "1808" for "1828."
L. 19. " Duran* " for " Duranrf."
Tylden of Milsted and Torre Hill.
P. 381. "The Tyldens were persons
of eminence in the county of Kent,
and had estates in Wye, in Brenckley,
Tilmanstone, and Marden, as appears
by the booke of aid, where an as-
sessement is laid on the lands of Wil-
liam Tylden, 20th of Edward III. at
making the Black Prince knight." —
Philpot's History of Kent. — They
also held lands in Otterden, Ken-
nington, and Great Chart, where Wil-
liam Tylden, born in 1632, resided for
many years near his grandfather,
Nicholas Toke, of Goddington.
The Tyldens resided at Tylden 's
Place, in Marden, in the reign of
Henry IV. and purchased, in that of
Henry VI. Catt's Place, in Brench-
ley. In the time of Queen Eliza-
beth, William Tylden, brother of
Richard Tylden, of Catt's Place, set-
tled in Wormsell, and was ancestor
of the Tyldens of Milsted and Torre
Hill, as stated at page 381.
P. 381, 1. 9 from foot, col. 1. James
Tonge, whose daughter Elizabeth
wedded William Tylden, was seated
at Bexon (anciently the lands of John
de Bexon), "which estate," says
Philpot, " I find invested in Tonge,
in the reign of Richard II. a family
of good estimate in this country, for
I find by old deeds, that Lemanus de
Tonge, 16th Richard II. sealed
with a bend cotized arg. between six
martlets, which arms were formerly
painted in the windows of Tilman-
stone church, and underneath,
" orate pro anima Guylielmi Tonge."
P. 383. The Osbornes lie buried in
the north chancel of Hartlip church,
called the Osborne chancel. They
bore for their arms — Quarterly, arg.
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ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
and az. on the first and fourth quar-
ters, an ermine spot. Over all a
cross or, charged with five annulets
sa. Crest, a deini leopard rampant,
pelletee collared and lined.
P. 382, 1. 12, col. 1, for " Sir Thomas
Manby, of Lincolnshire," read " Sir
Thomas Manby, of Manby Hall, Lin-
colnshire."
P. 382, 1. 52, col. 1. Osborne Tylden,
esq. of Torre Hill, Lenham, married
Anna Lloyd, daughter of John
Withers, esq. of London, and of
Pixton, in Sussex, and died in 1827,
having had issue,
1. Osborne, who died young.
2. Charles, lieut. R.N. d. in 1830.
3. John, lieutenant R. A. m. in
March, 1831, Catherine, eldest
daughter of John Williams, esq.
of Wales, lieutenant-colonel in
the army, and niece of the gallant
Sir Thomas Picton, who fell at
Waterloo.
1. Anna.
2. Mary
3. Eliza, m. 9th December, L834,
to the Rev. Harry Vane Rus-
sell, A.B. chaplain in ordinary
to the king, and rector of Bar-
rington, Yorkshire.
4. Emily.
5. Isabella.
6. Imogene.
Spencer of Bramlf.y Grange.
P. 389, col. 1, 1. 9. Captain Edward
Cerjat Spencer, son of the late Gene-
ral Spencer, died 12th June, 1834.
Spearman of Thornley.
P. 452. The engraving of the arms of
Bakry has been inserted under the
family of Spearman, and that of
Spearman assigned to Barry.
P. 453, col. 1, 1. 21, for " former,"
read " latter " Robert Spearman,
esq. of Oldacres, had no issue by his
first wife, but by his second he left
five daughters, his co-heirs, as in-
serted at p. 453.
Barry of Lemlara.
P. 457, col. 1, 1. 8 from bottom, for
" monda," read " manda."
ISTED of ECTON.
The following curious Descent (through the
Baskervilles ) of many eminent Families,
from several of the Royal Houses of Eu-
rope, was compiled by Dr. Percy, the cele-
brated Bishop of Dromore, and is authen-
ticated by incontestible proofs.
High Capet, elected King of France in
987, died in 996, and was succeeded by his
son,
Robert, King of France, crowned during
his father's lifetime. This monarch espoused
Constance, daughter of the Count of Aries,
and left at his decease in 1031 three sons
and one daughter, namely,
Henry, his heir.
Robert, ancestor of the ducal house of
Burgundy.
Eudo, Bishop of Auxerre.
Adela, who wedded, in 1027, Bald-
win V. Earl of Flanders,* and had a
daughter,
Maud, consort of William, the
Conqueror of England, and mo-
ther of
Henry I. King of England,
who espoused Maud, daugh-
ter of Malcolm III. of Scot-
land, by his queen, Mar-
garet, daughter of Edward
the Outlaw, son of King
Edmund Ironside, and had
a daughter, the Empress
Maid, whose son,
Henry, ascended the Eng-
lish throne as second
of his name, and was
father of
John, King of Eng-
land, who left, by
Agatha de Ferrars,
a natural daugh-
• Through this alliance, the descendants of
Adela derive from Ciiaiu.emagnk, Emperor of the
West, and from the Saxon Kings of England
thus : —
Charlemagne
I
Louis le Debonnaire
I
Charles the Bald
I
Judith, m. Baldwin I. Earl of Flanders
.1
Baldwin II. Earl of Flanders, m. Ethel-
swida, daughter of Alfred the Great,
King of England
I
Arnulph I. Earl of Flanders
I
Baldwin, died vitd patris
Arnulph II. Earl of Flanders
Baldwin IV. Earl of Flanders
Baldwin V. Earl of Flanders, m. Adela,
daughter of Robert, King of France
Hence (through the Kings of England, the
Princes of Wales, the Mortimers, Audleys, and
Touchets,) derives the Baskerville family.
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
XIX
ter, the Princess
Joan, who wedded
Llewellyn the
Great,* Prince of
North Wales, and
was progenitor, as
will be shown here-
after, of
Elizabeth Tou-
chet, who m.
Sir John Bas-
KERVILLE,knt.
King Robert was succeeded by his eldest
son,
Henry I. King of France, who had (with
an elder son, Philip, who ascended the
French throne, and was first of his name,)
Hugh the Great, who signalized himself
in the expedition of Godfrey de Bouillon.
He espoused Adelard, daughter and heiress
of Herbert, Count of Vermandois, and had,
inter alios, a daughter,
Isabel or Elizabeth, who wedded I Ro-
bert de Beaumont, the first Earl of Lei-
cester, and was mother of
Elizabeth de Beaumont, whose son, by
her husband Gilbert de Clare, was the cele-
brated
Richard Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke,
celebrated for the invasion of Ireland, who
m. the Princess Eva, J only daughter of
Dermot, the last King of Leinster, and of
the race of Irish kings, esteemed the most
illustrious of all the descendants from
Cathoir the Great. By her Strongbow left
an only daughter and heiress,
Isabel de Clare, who became in ward to
Henry II. and remained under the royal
guardianship for the space of fourteen years,
when she was given in marriage | to Wil-
liam Marshal, who thereupon became Earl
of Pembroke, and by him had (with other
issue) a daughter,
Eva Marshal, who m.William de Braose,
Lord of Brecknock,^ and was mother of
Maud de Braose, who wedded X Roger,
Lord Mortimer, son of Ralph, Lord Mor-
timer, by the Princess Gladuse, his wife,
daughter of Llewellyn, Prince of North
Wales, and of Joan, his wife, natural daugh-
ter of King John, of England. (See above,
descendants of Adela, daughter of Robert,
King of France.) By the Lord Mortimer,
Maud had a son and heir,
Edmund, Lord Mortimer, of Wigmore,
summoned to parliament as a baron from
1294 to 1302. His son and successor,
* Llewellyn the Great was son of Iorwerth by
Marrette, his wife, daughter of Prince Madoc, of
Powis.
J Dugdale's Baronage, Harl. MSS. &c. &c.
Roger, Lord Mortimer, of Wigmore,
who was advanced to the dignity of Earl
of March soon after the accessiou of Ed-
ward III. left at his decease four sons and
seven daughters, of whom the second dau.
Joan Mortimer, espoused James, Lord
Audley, the hero of Poictiers, great-grand-
son of James de Audley and of Eva, his
wife, daughter of William Longespee, Earl
of Salisbury, grandson of Fair Rosamond.*
Joan Mortimer left by the Lord Audley a
daughter and co-heir,
Joan Audley, wife of Sir John Touchet,
knt. and mother of
John Touchet, esq. born in 1372, whose
son, another
John Touchet, was summoned to par-
liament as Baron Audley in 1405. His
lordship left (with a son, James, ancestor of
the present ennobled family of Audley,) a
daughter,
Elizabeth Touchet, who married f Sir
John Baskerville, knt. living in 1433,
lineally descended from Robert de Basker-
ville, of Erdislcy, who wedded J a daughter
of Rees ap Tudor, Prince of South Wales.
By Sir John Baskerville, Elizabeth Touchet
had (with two other sons and a daughter,
Sibill, the wife of Richard Rowden, of
Rowden)
i. Sir James Baskerville, knt. of
Erdisley, whence spring (see vol. i.
p. 91) the families of Mynors, of
Treago ; § Baskerville, of Clyro
Court ; || Talbot, Earl of Shrews-
bury : Farmar, of Dunsinane ; H
Poi.whele, of Polwhele;** Tou-
chet, Lord Audley; and many
others.
li. John Baskerville, of Wotton, in
Herefordshire, from whom derived
the families of Pembruge, of Man-
sel Gamage ; Rowdon, of Rowdon ;
Barnaby ; Brigginshaw ; Hopton,
of Canon Frome Court ; Lowe ;
Percy, of Bridgnorth ; ff Isted,
of Ecton ; JJ Monington, of West-
* Harl. MSS. 1233.
+ Collin's Peerage, by Sir E. Brydges, vol. 6.
p. 549 ; Harl. MSS. &c.
i Powel's History of Wales, 1584, 4to. As a
full account of the great and ancient family of
Baskerville has appeared in vol. i. p. 89, it is
unnecessary here to detail the intermediate line.
§ See vol. i. p. 86.
|| See vol. i. p. 89.
% See vol. ii. p. 569.
** See vol. i. p. 424.
tt Of this family was the Bishop of Dromore.
ft See vol. ii. p. 462.
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ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
hide ; Baskerville, of Pontrilas ;
Howe, Lord Chedworth ; Meysey,
of Shakenhurst, &c. &.c.
Thus Sir James Baskerville, of Erdisley,
derived (as of course do his descendants)
from the Kings of France., of England, of
Scotland, and of Ireland ; from the Princes
of North and South Wales ; from the
Counts of Flanders ; and from Charle-
magne, Emperor of the West.
Owen of Condover.
P. 515, 1. 4. The present Mr. Owen's
patronymic is Pemberton, and not
Smythe, as erroneously stated at
p. 515.
Beixew of Stockleigh Court.
P. 532. The Bellews went to Ireland
in the thirteenth century, and not in
1450, as erroneously stated.
P. 533, col. 1, 1.2, dele " of."
P. 533, col. 1, 1. 7, for " great-grand-
nephew," read " great grandson."
It is erroneously stated at p. 533, that Sir
Christopher Bellew, ancestor of the enno-
bled house of BELLEW, was descended from
Sir John Bellew, of Willystown. The Lords
Bellew traced their descent as follows:
John Bellew, presumed ancestor of the
Bellews of Stockleigh Court, and lineally
descended from John de Bellew, Lord of
Carlton, in Yorkshire, was father of another
John Bellew, living in 1381, whose son,
Sir John Bellew, of Bellewstown, flou-
rished in the reigns of Henry IV. Henry V,
and Henry VI. He died in the 29th of the
last reign, being direct ancestor of
Sir John Bellew, of Bellewstown, suc-
cessor to his father in 1542, who wedded
Margaret, fourth daughter of Sir Oliver
Plunkett, first Lord Louth, and left a son,
Christopher Bellew, of Bellewstown,
who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Tho-
mas Cusack, lord chancellor and lord justice
of Ireland, and was succeeded by his eldest
son,
Sir John Bellew, of Bellewstown, who
married and had three sons, Christopher,
his heir ; John, of Graftonstown, in the
county of Louth, ancestor of the Bellews of
Barmeath and Mount Bellew ; and Richard
of Verdonstown, who also left issue. The
eldest son,
Sir Christopher Bellew, knt. of Bel-
lewstown, espoused Catherine, daughter of
Sir William Sarsfield, of Lucan, and left at
his decease, 20th May, 1610 (with three
sons, who d. s. p. and two daughters, the
elder of whom m. first, Sir William Taafl'e,
of Smarmore, and secondly Sir Terence
Dempsey, and the younger became the wife
of — Brett, of Drogheda), a son and suc-
cessor,
Sir John Bellew, of Bellewstown, who
m. the sister of Patrick Barnewall, esq. of
Shankhill, and had, with five other sons, who
all died issueless, and four daughters,
Sir Christopher Bellew, of Bellews-
town, who forfeited his estates during the
troubled times of 1641. He wedded Fran-
ces, eldest daughter of Matthew, fifth Lord
Louth, and dying about the time of the Re-
storation, left three sons,
i. John (Sir), his heir.
ii. Matthew, of Rogerstown, whose
son,
Patrick, served in the army of
King William at the battle of the
Boyne, in which his father, a
captain of horse, was slain,
fighting on the opposite side.
Having searched amongst the
dead for his body, which he
found and piously buried, he
took the belt and pistols worn
by him on that memorable day,
his only inheritance, and accom-
panied Lord Inchiquin, under
whom he had served, to the
south of Ireland. Subsequently,
on account of his family experi-
encing much favour from Henry
Boyle, the first Earl of Shannon,
and speaker of the Irish House
of Commons, he obtained from
that nobleman a lease of the
lands of Knockave Castle Mar-
t\ r, and afterwards, from his son,
those of Ballendiness, on a lease
of lives renewable for ever. He
was portreve of Castle Martyr,
where he lived for forty years,
and died in 1740, aged eighty,
being in that year interred in the
church of Castle Martyr. He
77i. Honora Neville, and had an
only son,
Robert Bellew, esq. of Bal-
lendiness,whom. Briana,one
of the three co-heiresses of
W. Wright, esq. of the
county of Cork, and left an
only son,
Patrick Bellew, esq. of Bal-
lendiness, who wedded Sa-
rah, dau. of James Pratt,
esq. of Castle Martyr, sister
of the late General John
Pratt, R. I. A. and aunt of
the present General Sir
Charles Pratt, by whom he
had two sons and one daugh-
ter, viz.
Robert, barrister-at-law,
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
xxi
who m. Sophia Fowke,
and had issue,
Patrick- Edward,lieu-
tenant of engineers,
died unmarried in
India, aged eigh-
teen.
Francis- John, cap-
tain H. C. S. m.
21stNovenib.l818,
Anne, only daugh-
ter of the late Si-
mon Temple, esq.
formerly of Ilyl-
ton Castle, in the
county of Durham,
and has issue.
Christopher, lieute-
nant Bengal army,
deceased.
Henry-Walter, cap-
tain in H.C.S. and
deputy - assistant
quartermaster ge-
neral at Bengal, m.
in 1829, Anna,
third daughter of
Captain Peter Je-
remie.
Louisa, Ht. to Captain
JohnBakerGraves,
of Fort William, in
the county of Lime-
rick.
Sarah - Margaret, d.
unmarried.
Patrick, a major in the
5th regiment of Foot,
who d. at Gibraltar.
Brianna, m. to Richard
Fitton, esq. of the city
of Cork, barrister-at-
law.
III. Thomas, of Gaffney.
The eldest son,
Sir John Bellew, was knighted by
James II. restored by act of settlement to
all the estate which belonged to his father,
called to the privy council, and elevated, in
1686, to the peerage of Ireland as Baron
Bellew, of Duleek. His lordship com-
manded a regiment of foot in King James's
service, for which he was outlawed, but
eventually obtained a regrant of his estate.
He m. Mary, eldest daughter and co-heir of
Walter Birmingham, esq. of Danfort, in the
county of Kildare, by whom (who d. in 1694)
he had two sons, Walter and Richard, suc-
cessive peers ; and Margaret, wife of Tho-
mas, fourth Earl of Westmeath. His lord-
ship died 12th January, 1692, and was s. by
his elder son,
Walter Bellew, second Lord Bellew,
who espoused Frances-Arabella, eldest dau.
of Sir William Wcntworth, of Northgate-
head, in Yorkshire, and sister of Thomas,
Earl of Strafford, and by her he had two
daughters, viz.
Mary, m. to Dennis Kelly, esq. of Au-
ghran, county of Galway, long a state
prisoner in the Tower.
Frances-Arabella, m. to Mr. Horn-
castle.
Lord Bellew dying without male issue, in
1694, was succeeded by his brother,
Richard Bellew, third Lord Bellew,
who, being a captain in Lord Limerick's
dragoons, was outlawed and attainted, but,
in April, 1697, received a pardon under the
great seal, and, conforming to the Estab-
lished Church in 1705, took his seat in the
House of Peers, and had a pension granted
to him by Queen Anne, which George I.
continued. His lordship espoused, in May,
1695, Frances, third daughter of Francis,
Lord Brudenell, by the Lady Frances Sa-
ville, his wife, only sister of James, Earl of
Sussex, and widow of Charles Livingston,
second Earl of Newburgh. By this lady,
who died in 1735, Lord Bellew had two sons
and one daughter, viz. John, his heir ; Wal-
ler, who died young ; and Dorothea, who
wedded, first, Gustavus Hamilton, esq. father
of Viscount Boyne, secondly, William Cock-
burn, esq. of Redford, in the King's county,
and thirdly, Captain Joseph Dixon.
His lordship died 22nd March, 1714, and
was s. by his son,
John Bellew, fourth Lord Bellew, born
in 1702, who m. first, at Rome, the Lady
Anne Maxwell, daughter of William, Earl
of Nithsdale, and by her, who died 3rd May,
1735, had one son, who died in his infancy,
and one daughter, Mary- Frances, b. in 1733.
His lordship wedded, secondly, Mary, only
daughter of Maurice Fitzgerald, esq. of
Castle Ishin, in the county of Cork, relict of
Justin, fifth Earl of Fingal, and of Valen-
tine, fifth Earl of Kenmare, by whom he
had two daughters, Emilia, who died unm.
and Anne. Her ladyship dying 19th March,
1741, Lord Bellew espoused, thirdly, Lady
Henrietta Lee, fourth daughter of George-
Henry, Earl of Lichfield, and had by her
one sou and a daughter, who d. in infancy.
His lordship died in 1772, when the title
of Baron Bellew became extinct.
Crossley of Scaitcliffe.
P. 537, col. 1, 1. 39, Abraham Cross-
ley, esq. third son of John Crossley,
esq. of Scaitcliffe, was father, it is
presumed, of Aaron Crossley, esq. of
Dublin, the antiquary, who wedded
Mademoiselle Peracheau, and had
two daughters, of whom the elder,
Frances, m. John Seymour, esq.
and was great-grandmother of
the present
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ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
Aaron Crossley Seymour,
esq. of Castletown House,
in the Queen's county.
FoRTESCl'E OF FaLLAPIT.
P. 542, col. 1, 1. 12, for " Gibbins,"
read " (iibbs."
P. 542, col. 1, 1.21, for " Thomas Bon-
ville," read " John Bonville."
P. 542 and p. 543, for " Maria" (which
occurs several times), read " Man/."
P. 544, col. 2, 1. 10, for " Trecollard,"
read " Treiollard."
P. 544. The family motto is " Forte
scutum salus ducum."
Pbmnbfather of Newpark.
P. 551, col. 1. 1. 11, dele the word
" half."
Moody of Aspi.e y.
P. 560. The name " Sadlier" should
be 4' Sadleir."
Morrall of Plas Yolyn.— The follow-
ing is a more complete representation of
the arms borne by this family, than the en-
graving at p. 595.
Beauman of Hyde Park.
P. 602, col. 2, 1. 25. William Beau-
man, esq. of Rutland Square, mar-
ried Charity, widow of Tennison Ed-
wards, esq. of Old Court, in the
county of Wicklow, and daughter of
John Barrington, esq. of Cullenagh-
more, in the Queen's County.
M'Carty of Carrignavar.
P. 607, col. 1, 1. 35, for " the preceding
century," read " a preceding cen-
turv."
P. 60*8, col. 2, 1. 56. Count O'Reilly
is erroneously stated to have been of
the Ballymorrice family.
Flood of Flood Hall. — Henry Flood,
esq. of Paulstown Castle, is erroneously
stated, in vol. i. p. 123, to have married a
daughter of Lord Aldborough. His wife is
Anna-Maria, daughter of Henry Lennon,
esq. to which lady he was married at St.
Paul's Church, Dublin, on the 2nd Sep-
tember, 1815, and by whom he has two sons
and two daughters.
In vol. i. p. 334, the manor of Hather-
ton, in Cheshire, is assigned to a wrong pro-
prietor. It is in the possession of M. Mare,
esq.
Werge of Hexgreave Park. — The fol-
lowing is a more correct account of the
descent and arms of this family than that in
vol. i. page 378.
Hinragr.
TheWerges, of Hexgreave Park, derive
their descent from a family long seated in
tin- county of Sussex, one of which, Sir
Clement Wbrob, was counsel for the crown
upon the celebrated trial of Bishop Atter-
buiy for high treason, and subsequently re-
ceii in^ the honour of knighthood, was made
solicitor-general ; another, at the same pe-
riod, in the reign of George I. was a general
in the army, and governor of the forts on
the toast of Africa. In the reign of Charles
II.
The Rev. Richard Werge. rector of
Nailston, in Leicestershire, exchanged with
the Rev. John Cave, A. M. for the rectory
of St. Mary's Gateshead, in the county of
Durham, and died in 1685, leaving an only
son,
The Rev. John Werge, A.M. vicar of
Kirknewton, in Northumberland. Of this
gentleman the following extraordinary cir-
cumstance is well authenticated, and has
been handed down in many families in the
north. About the year 1680, when the feel-
ing in Scotland was so strong against epis-
copacy, on the night before Christmas-day,
about ten o'clock, a knock was heard at the
door of the vicarage, and upon the servant
enquiring who was there, the answer was —
a friend from Gateshead, (where the Rev.
gentleman's father was rector) upon which
orders were given to open the door, when a
person rushed in armed, and found his way
into the room where Mr. Werge was sitting.
He, without preface, declared his intention,
and made a stroke with a sword, which in
all probability would have proved fatal, but
the room being low, and a large beam pro-
jecting across the ceiling, the weapon caught
the beam, and only inflicted a trifling wound
on one shoulder. The reverend gentleman,
who was a powerful man, and in the act of
rising when the blow was given, imme-
diately closed with the assasin, but not be-
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
XXUl
fore he had received a thrust, which only
pierced the flesh next his ribs ; a severe
struggle ensued, in which the light was ex-
tinguished, and terminated in Mr. Werge
extricating himself, and making his way out
at the front door, where he found two other
ruffians, who eagerly enquired if he had
killed him. Mr. Werge, with great pre-
sence of mind, answered — " Yes, yes,"
(upon which they gave way) and ran into
the garden, but not before the villains had
discovered their mistake, and one of them had
discharged a pistol, happily without effect.
The alarm being given by the servants, the
assassins made their escape. Some few
years after, the confession of a man executed
at Edinburgh, for murder appeared in print,
in which he acknowledged many crimes,
but none had distressed his conscience more
than the belief of having murdered a clergy-
man, near the foot of Cheviot, of whom
every person spoke well, and which he was
hired to perform. Mr. Werge married Eli-
zabeth, daughter of — Wood, esq. of Fallo-
den, in Northumberland, (into which family
Henry Grey, esq. of Howick, the grand-
father of the present Earl Grey, also mar-
ried) and had issue,
i. Richard, A.M. in holy orders, vicar
of Hartburn, in Northumberland,
who m. the widow of — Errington,
esq. of Chester, but whose issue is
now EXTINCT.
II. Edward, who d. unmarried.
in. Thomas, of whom presently.
I. Elizabeth, who wedded — Selby,
esq. of Elwick, and had two daugh-
ters, one of whom married the late
John Stanard, esq. of Lowick, in
Northumberland, and was mother of
a daughter, the wife of — Grieve, esq.
of Orde, North Durham ; the other m.
Capt. Pemble, R.N. and had issue,
1. Elizabeth Pemble, who m. Ad-
miral Moutry, and had a son,
who died under age, and a dau.
the wife of the Ven. Archdeacon
De Lacy.
2. Katherine Pemble, who m. first,
Captain Selby, R. N. and had
issue,
William Selby, captain R. N.
who died at sea, in command
of his majesty's frigate Owen
Glendower.
Thomas Selby, captain 46th
regiment, died in the West
Indies.
Katherine Selby, m. to John
Harisell, esq. of Belford,
Northumberland.
Mrs. Selby espoused secondly,
Captain Wilkie, of Ladythorn,
North Durham, and left by him
an only son, the present
Robert Wilkie, esq. of Lady-
thorn.
The third son of the Rev. John Werge,
Thomas Werge, esq. settled at Horton
Castle, in Northumberland. He m. Eliza-
beth, daughter of Thomas Wilson, esq. of
Milfield, and had two sons and one daughter,
namely,
John, his heir.
Thomas, who settled in Jamaica, and
marrying Miss Neufville, of that
island, had an only son, who died
aged sixteen.
Elizabeth, m. George Reed, esq. of
Hoppen, in Northumberland, and
left issue.
The elder son,
John Werge, esq. s. his father at Horton
Castle, in 1764, and wedded Margaret,
sister of the late Thomas Younghusband,
esq. of Marden, in Northumberland, and
dying in 1786, left five sons and three
daughters, viz.
I. Thomas, an officer in the 10th regi-
ment of foot, who died of the yellow
fever in Jamaica, unmarried.
II. Oswald, late lieutenant-colonel in
the 17th Light Dragoons, m. Ellen,
daughter of the late Rev. Robert
Dean, A.M. of Bolton-le-Moors, Lan-
cashire, and d. 4th September, 1831,
having had issue,
1. Oswald, an officer in the 12th
Foot, who died at the early age
of two and twenty, at Gibraltar,
of the dreadful fever there, in
1828, deeply regretted by the
whole regiment.
2. Robert, an officer in the 39th
Regiment.
1. Margaret, m. to Capt. Clarence
Dalrymple of the Hon. East
India Company's service.
2. Ellen, unm.
III. John, late a major in the army, and
senior captain in the 38th regiment,
who gloriously fell in the storming
of St. Sebastian, whilst leading the
Grenadier Company to the summit
of the breach. He m. Elizabeth,
daughter of the late Rev. Nathaniel
Ellison, A.M. of Newcastle-on-Tyne,
and had issue,
1. Margaret, m. to William Smith,
esq. of Newcastle, and has issue.
2. Elizabeth, m. to Ralph Carr,
esq. of Dunstan Hill, in the
palatinate, and of Hedgeley, in
Northumberland, and has issue.
3. Jane.
XXIV
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
iv. Edwards, now of Hexgreave
Park.
v. Richard, lost on his passage from
America.
I. Margaret, m. to Francis Peacock,
esq. of Wallsend, and has issue.
II. Elizabeth, who d. unm.
in. Anne, who married the late Henry
Howey, esq. of Pasture Hill, Nor-
thumberland, and has issue.
Arms — Barry of ten, gu. and arg. on a
chief sa. three lions' heads erased or, gorged
collars gu. and charged with three torteaux.
Crest — A demi-lion rampant ppr. holding
in his right paw a pheon, purpure, gorged
with a collar gu. charged with three tor-
teaux.
Estates — In the parishes of Southwell,
and Halani, Notts, and two thirds of the
parish of Howell, Lincolnshire.
Seat — Hexgreave Park, Notts.
Grevis-James of Ightham Court. — In
vol. i, p. 398, William James, esq. sheriff'
for Kent in J 732, who married the daughter
of Demetrius James, esq. of the county of
Essex, had a daughter, Sarah-Bella-Eliza-
beth, who married, 10th November, 1070, at
Greenwich, Josiah Wood Hindman, esq. of
Greenwich; baptized there 13th May, 1744;
entered of Christ Church. Oxford, 22nd
November, 1703, aged eighteen, as son of
Josiah Hindman, esq. of Greenwich ; he
was also of Upton, Essex. Mr. J. W. Hind-
man died in 1784. The issue of this union
were two daughters, co-heirs, Sophia, wife
of William Turner; and Frances Maria,
wife of Joseph Newell. Josiah Hindman,
the elder, married Sarah Dore, widow of —
Dore, esq. by whom she had David, in the
army (one above, General Stibbert, in the
East Indies, drowned in the Ganges, by the
accidental upsetting of a boat) and Sarah,
who married at West Ham, 4th December,
1759, Charles Mears, esq. captain of the
Egmont, and had a son and daughter ; the
son was Captain Charles John Mears, killed
at the capture of Seringapatam, 21st April,
1799; the daughter, Sarah, baptized at St.
Clement Danes, 27th March, 1700 (living
1833), married at Calcutta, 4th March,
1780, Stephen Cassan, esq. barrister-at-
law, father of the Rev. Stephen Hyde
Cassan, M.A. F.S.A. vicar of Bruton, and
of Wyke Somerset. See Cassan, of Shef-
field, p. 048.
Cromwell of Cheshunt Park.— Henry
Cromwell, fourth son of Oliver Cromwell,
the lord protector, by Elizabeth his wife,
daughter of Sir James Bourchier, knt. of
Filsted, in E>sex, wedded in 1055, Eliza-
beth, eldest dau. of Sir Francis Russell,
bart. of Chippenham, and had, with other
issue, who all died unmarried, a son, Henry
Cromwell, of Spinney Abbey, in the county
of Cambridge, ancestor of the present Mrs.
(Cromwell) Russell, of Cheshunt Park,
and a daughter,
Elizabeth Cromwell, who espoused
William Russell, esq. of Fordham Abbey,
in the county of Cambridge (son of Gerard
Russell, esq. of Fordham, M.P. son of Sir
William Russell, bart. of Chippenham), and
died in 1711, leaving, inter alios, a son,
Francis Russell, esq. baptized at Ford-
ham, 19th January, 1091, who settled in
London. He married and had, to survive
childhood, one son,
Thomas Russell, esq, a military officer,
born 27th February, 1724, father of
Rebecca Russell, who m. first, James
Harley, esq. but by him had no issue, and
secondly, William Dyer, esq. of Ilford, in
the county of Essex, a magistrate and deputy
lieutenant for that shire. By this gentle-
man, who died 17th January, 1824, she left
at her decease, 17th January, 1832, three
sons and two daughters, namely,
i. Wii.i .iam-Andkew Dyer, of Guil-
ford Street, London.
ii. Charles-Adams Dyer, of Canewdon
Hall, Rochford, Essex,
in. Thomas-John Dyer, of the Hon.
East India Company's service.
I. Mary-Eliza Dyer.
ii. Louisa Dyer.
Cassan of Sheffield.
In vol. i. p. 048, 1. 18, from the begin-
ning of the article, after Tipperary,
add, " and sister of Andrew Robin-
son Stoney, esq."
P. 048, 1. 21, for " Laurence," read
" Laurenson."
P. 049, col. 2, 1.4, for "(with other
issue, who died s. p.)" read " (besides
two daughters deceased, Eliza, m. to
the Rev. George Cooke ; and Mar-
garet, the wife of Aaron Crossley
Seymour, esq. of Castletown House.)"
P. 051, col. 2, 1. 24, for " Comites,"
read " Comitis."
P. 542, col. 1, 1. 1, for " Peytriver,"
read " Peytiver."
P. 052, col. 2, 1. 1, for " Naverstock,"
read " Navestock."
P. 052, col. 2, 1. 9, from bottom, be-
tween Sheffield; and arg., insert,
3rd.
HISTORY OF THE COMMONERS
OF
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
EGERTON-WARBURTON, OF WARBURTON AND ARLEY.
WARBURTON-EGERTON, ROWLAND-EYLES, Esq. of Warburton and
Arley, both in the county of Chester, b, 14th September, 1804, inherited the estates
on the death of his great-uncle, Sir Peter Warburton, bart., in May, 1813, and
assumed in consequence the additional surname and arms of Warburton ; m. 7th
May, 1831, Mary, eldest daughter of Sir Richard Brooke, bart. of Norton Priory, and
has issue,
Mary-Alice, b. 5th July, 1832.
Mr. Egerton-Warburton is a deputy lieutenant for the county of Chester, and high
sheriff of the same shire in the present year (1833).
Utntage.
^sK
The founder of this family came into En-
gland at the Conquest, and took up his abode
at Dutton.
Adam de Dutton, (son of Hugh Dutton,
of Dutton) Lord of Warburton, in the
reigns of Henry II. Richard I. and John,
espoused Agnes, daughter and co-heir of
Hugh Fitzalured, and had a son and heir,
2.
i
Sir Geoffrey Dutton, who inheriting
when religious zeal was at its zenith, en-
rolled himself amongst the soldiers of the
Cross, for the plains of Palestine. " The
crest," says Ormerod, " which is still borne
by the Warburtons, refers to the Holy Land,
and was probably gained by some heroic
exploit in the expedition." Sir Geoffrey de
Dutton had a mansion at Budworth, whence
he is sometimes designated, but at this
period the family resided chiefly at Sutton.
He died about the year 1248, and was s. by
his son,
Sir Geoffrey de Dutton, knt. living in
1275. The Abbot of Cockersand, in whose
house the Priory of Warburton was now
merged, quit claims anno 1271, of his share
of the vill, and the advowson of Warburton,
which the Praemonstratensian Canons had up
to the period held under the father and grand-
father of Sir Geoffrey. Sir Geoffrey Dut-
ton had issue,
Peter, his heir.
Thomas, who acquired Thelwall, by
grant from his father, in 1258-9.
Margaret, in. first to Robert de Den-
bigh, and secondly to Nicholas de
B
EGERTON-WARBURTON, OF WARBURTON AND ARLEY.
Leycester, to the latter Sir Geoffrey
gave Nether Tabley. (See Burke's
Peerage and Baronetage, Lokd De
Tabley.)
Tlie elder son and successor.
Sir Peter Dutton, assumed the sur-
name of Warburton, and was living in the
first year of Edward II. He had three
sons,
Geoffry (Sir).
Peter, of Vstoil and Budwortb.
Hugh, of Nether-Walton.
And was s. by the eldest.
Sir Geoffry Warburton, knt. whose
name, together with that of his wife, Mar-
garet, occurs as Warburton, in an acquit-
tance from Thomas I)e (Ylario, <nni<i 1314,
being the first time that the oame of \\ ar-
bnrton is to be found in the family del ds.
Tliis Sir Geoffry was Bheriff "I Lancashire
in or about the year I3'2(i. He had, with a
younger child, Robert, noticed in a settle-
ment by William Le Boteler, baron of
\\ arrington, in 1 :J*J7, a sun and successor,
Sin Geoffry W irbur k>\. w ho was li\ bag
in the 33rd of Edward III. He m. — and
had issue,
Geoffry (Sir), his heir.
Peter, alive in 134K.
Margaret, m. to Peter De Lymme.
He was s. by his elder son,
Sir Geofery Warburton, who espoused
a lady named Alice, but of what family is
not known, and had issue,
Geofery, who is Bupposed to hare
served under the Black Prince, and
to have attended him to liis Duchj of
Aquitaine. He m. in 1358, Nichola,
daughter and heiress of Sir John
Danyers,and pre-deceasinghis father,
left an only daughter,
Margaret, who wj. Alan de Rixton,
and a. s. p.
Thomas, d. s. p.
John, successor to his father.
Catherine.
Johanna.
Sir Geoffry died before 1383, and was s.
bv his eldest surviving son,
John Warburton, of Warburton, who
wedded Agnes, (supposed to be (daughter of
Bichard de Wevere, and dying prior to
1391, left a son and successor,
Peter Warburton, of Warburton, then
under age, and in ward to Sir John Massy,
of Tatton, to whose daughter, Douce, he
was contracted, but the contract was annulled
by a decree of the Court of Arches, 4th of
May, 1402. He subsequently married Alice,
daughter of Sir Henry Braylsford, knt. and
had Peter and Sir Geoffry, his succes-
sive heirs, with a daughter, Margaret, living
in 1448.
This Peter foudit at the battle of Shrews-
bury, under the standard of Percy, but had
the royal pardon in the 4th of Henry IV.
His seal exhibited, two chevrons and a
mullet on a canton, with two dragons for
supporters, circumscribed " S. Galfridi de
Warborgtone." and he was the last of the
family who bore those ensigns. He died
8th of Henry V. and was s. by his elder
son,
Peter Warburton, of Warburton, who
appears to have died without issue, and to
have been s. by Ins brother,
Sir GEOFFRY nA ARBURTON, of Warburton,
knighted before the 10th of Henry VI.
This gentleman bore on his seal a cormo-
rant, the basis of the present coat. He
wedded Ellen, sister of John Bruyn, of
Tarvin, by whom (who »t. secondly, Henry
Legh, of Kast Hall; and thirdly, Ralph
Grosvenor) he had with other issue, a daugh-
ter. Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Bulke-
ley, and a son, his SUCCeBBOT,
PlERS W IRBURTON.of Warburton, called
Wise Piers, who erected in 14<>9 the man-
sion-house at \rley. He m. by dispen-
sation in I4(i!t. Ellen, daughter of Sir John
Savage, knt. and had issue,
.Ioiin (Sir), his heir.
Peter, of Bromfield.
Blanche, m. to Thomas Daniel, esq. of
(her Tabley.
Dunce, nt. to Richard Aston, esq. of
Aston.
Piers died in or about the year 1495, and
was $, by liis son.
Sir John WARBURTON, of Warburton
and Arley, one of the knights of the body
to Henry VII. This gentleman was like-
wise seneschal of Halton and sheriff of
Cheshire, by patents under the great seal,
for life. He m. Jane, daughter of Sir Wil-
liam Stanley, knt. of Holt, who was cham-
berlain to the same king, and had issue,
i. Piers (Sir), his successor.
ii. John, who wj. Emma Golborne, of
Overton.
in. , another son.
iv. Jane, m. to Sir William Turvyle,
knt.
v. Douce, m. to John Starkie, of Wren-
bury,
vi. Margaret, m. to John Carrington, of
Carrington.
vii. Blanche, m. to William Davenport,
of Bramhall.
vni. , another daughter.
Sir John Warburton d. in the 15th of Henry
VIII. and was s. by his son,
Sir Piers Warburton, of Warburton
and Arley, who espoused Elizabeth, daugh-
ter and eventual heiress of Richard W in-
nington,esq. of Wilmington, in Shropshire,
and had issue, ,
John (Sir), his heir.
Peter, who m. Katherinc, daughter and
EGERTON-WARBURTON, OF WARBURTON AND ARLEY.
heiress of John Coupe, of the county
of Stafl'ord.
Richard.
Jane, m. first to Sir William Brereton,
and secondly to Sir Laurence Smith,
of Hough.
Anne. m. in 1539 to Sir Edward Fitton,
of Gawsworth, in Cheshire.
He died in the 4th of Edward VI. and was
g. by his eldest son,
Sir John Warburton, knt. who died in
1572, in the fifty-second year of his age,
and was buried in the church of Great Bud-
worth, where a monument remains to his
memory. Of this gentleman there is a full
length portrait in the ball at Arley, and
amongst the family papers his rent-roll, a
very singular document, is to be found. It
is formed of skins of parchment stitched
together, upwards of ten yards in length,
and about a foot in width. The names of
the tenants are written in a neat character,
and the armorial ensigns of the Warburtons
are emblazoned at the top. Sir John m.
Mary, daughter of Sir William Brereton,
of Brereton, in the county of Chester, and
had, with other issue,
i. Peter (Sir), Ids heir.
II. George, of the Lodge, m. Eliza-
beth, sister of Thomas Hesketh, esq.
and widow of Alexander Houghton,
esq. of Houghton, by whom he had
1. Peter, who succeeded his fa-
ther on the 1st of January, 1612,
m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
Richard Egerton, knt. of Ridley,
in Cheshire, and dying 1st Ja-
nuary, 1625, left
Peter, of whom presently, as
continuator of the male line
at the decease of his great
uncle, the Judge of the
Common Pleas, Sir Peter
Warburton.
George, heir to his brother.
Eleanor, m, to William Har-
mer, esq. of the Fens.
2. John.
3. Robert, in holy orders.
4. Thomas.
5. Gabriel.
6. Alice, m. to Nicholas Rigby,
esq. of Horrock, in Lancashire.
ni. John.
IV. Anne, m. to Sir Robert Markham,
knt. of Cotham, Notts.
The eldest son,
Sir Peter Warbirton, knt. who was a
barrister-at-law, obtained the coif, became
one of the justices of the Common Pleas,
temp. Elizabeth, and acquired reputation
as a lawyer. He m. Mary, daughter of Sir
John Holcroft, knt. of Holcroft, and died
22nd July, 1626, leaving nine daughters,
\iz.
I. Mary, m. to Sir Thomas Wilbraham,
knt. of Woodhey, in Cheshire.
II. Elizabeth, m. to Ralph Egerton, esq.
of Ridley.
in. Jane, m. to William Brereton, esq.
of Ashley.
IV. Isabel, m. to Sir Edward Stanley,
knt. of Bickerstaffe.
V. Eleanor, m. to Thomas Marbury,
esq. of Marbury.
VI. Frances, m. to Sir Christopher
Trentham, knt.
vii. Alice, m. to Peter Warburton, esq.
of the Grange, who was made one of
the judges of Chester by the parlia-
ment, anno 1647, and afterwards one
of the judges of the King's Bench.
Sir Peter having thus no male issue, the
male representation of the family devolved
upon his great-nephew,
Peter Warbirton, esq. of the Lodge
and Arley, who wedded Eleanor, daughter
of Robert, Viscount Kilmorey, but died of
the small-pox, without issue, 1st August,
1641. His widow m. John, Lord Byron.
He was s. by his brother,
George Warburton, esq. of Arley, who
was created a baronet, 27th June, 1660. He
espoused, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
Thomas Myddleton, knt. of Chirk Castle, in
Denbighshire, and had issue,
Peter, his successor.
George, who left George, Thomas, and
Elizabeth.
Eleanor, w. to Sir Francis Edwards,
bart. of Shrewsbury.
Hester, m. to Edward Domville, esq.
of Lymme, in Cheshire.
Mary, m. to William Grantham, esq. of
Bury, in Lincolnshire.
Catherine, d. s. p.
Sir George m. secondly, Diana, daughter of
Sir Edward Bishop, bart. of Parham, in
Sussex, by the Lady Margaret Thanet,
daughter of Nicholas, Earl of Thanet, and
had further issue,
Thomas, of Winning-ton, in Cheshire,
who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Robert
Williams, bart. of Penryn, in Car-
narvonshire, by whom he was father
of Jane, second wife of John, second
Duke of Argyll, with other daughters,
and of several sons ; the latter died
all without issue except
Hugh Warburton, a general officer
in the army, who espoused Miss
Norris, daughter of Doctor Nor-
ris, and left an only daughter,
who m. Richard Pennant, esq.
M.P. for Liverpool.
Henry, d. in infancy.
Robert.
John.
Cecil.
EGERTON-WARBURTON, OF WARBURTON AND ARLEY.
Penelope, m. to Sir John Mordaunt,
bart. of Walton, in Warwickshire.
Catherine, second wife of Humphrey
Trafford, esq. of Trafford.
Sir George died 18th May, 1676, and was s.
by his eldest son,
Sir Peter Warburton, second baronet
of Arlev, who wedded Martha, daughter
and heir of Thomas Dockwra, esq. of Put-
teridge, in the county of Hertford, by whom
(who d. in 1707) he had issue,
George, his successor.
Thomas, of Turners-Hall, Herts. This
gentleman m. first, Rebecca, dau. and
co-heir of George Stourton, esq. of
Pirton, in the county of Bedford,
and had one daughter, Martha, the
wife of Isaac Eles, of London. He
wedded secondly, Anne, daughter of
William Dockwra, esq. of London,
and had
Peter, who inherited as fourth
baronet.
Anne, m. to Thomas Sloughter, of
Brown's-lane, Chester.
Peter, a captain in the army.
Martha, m. to — Fouks, esq. of London.
Anne, wj. to Richard Dockwra, esq.
Arabella.
Sir Peter was *. at his decease by his eldest
son,
Sir George Warburton, the third bart.
This gentleman represented the county of
Chester in Bevera] parliaments, tonp. Queen
Anne, and King George 1. He m. the
Hon. Diana Allington, elder daughter of
William, second Lord Allington, grand-
daughter maternally of William Russell,
first Duke of Bedford, and sister and co-
heir of Giles, third Lord Allington, (See
Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peerage.)
By this lady he had a son, Dockwra, who
died in infancy, and a daughter, Diana, m.
in 1724, to Sir Richard Grosvenor, of Eaton,
bart. but d. s. p. in 1730. Sir George died
29th of June, 1743, and leaving no male
issue, the baronetcy devolved upon his
nephew,
Sir Peter Warburton, as fourth baronet,
who espoused 27th of February, 1745, Lady
Elizabeth Stanley, eldest daughter of the
Earl of Derby, and had issue,
Peter, his successor.
Elizabeth, "1
Anne, > d. mini.
Margaret, J
Harriot, m. to John-Rowlls Legh, esq.
of Prestbury, and had issue,
Charles Legh, d. s. p.
Elizabeth - Hester Legh, m. to
Thomas-Delves Broughton, esq.
Emma, m. first, to James Croxton, esq.
of Norley Bank, in Cheshire, by
whom, who d. 27th of August, 1792,
ehe had a daughter,
Emma Croxton, who m. 13th of
October, 1803, the Rev. Row-
land Egerton, B. A. seventh son
of Philip Egerton, esq. of Eger-
ton and Oulton. Mr. Rowland
Egerton assumed the additional
surname of War burton, in con-
sequence of this marriage, and
had issue,
1. Rowland - Eyles, heir to
his grand-uncle, and pre-
sent possessor.
2. James - Francis, b. 15th
April, 1807.
3. Henry -William, b. 16th
August, 1808.
4. Peter, b. 15th August, 1813.
5. Emma-Elizabeth.
6. Frances-Mary.
7. Maria-Sybilla.
8. Charlotte.
9. Sophia.
Mrs. Croxton wedded, secondly, Mr.
John Hunt, and had another daughter.
Sir Peter was ». at his decease by his only
son,
Sir Peter Warburton, fifth baronet, b.
27th of October, 1754, m. Alice, daughter
of the Rev. John Parker, of Astle, in the
county of Chester, but died without issue,
I »tli of May, 1813, when the Baronetcy
expired, and the estates passed, under Sir
Peter'B will, to his great nephew, the present
Rowland- Eyles Egerton -Warburton,
esq. of Warburton and Arley.
Arms — Quarterly; first and fourth, arg.
a chevron between three cormorants sa.
in the centre chief point a cross crosslet
of the last, for Warburton. Second and
third, arg. a lion rampant gu. between three
pheons, sa. for Egerton. On an escutcheon
of pretence, first and fourth, Warburton,
as above, without the cross crosslet : second
and third, sa. a lion rampant arg. debruised
of two bends engrailed or, for Croxton.
Crests — First, a man's head afirontee,
couped of the shoulders, ppr. round the tem-
ples a wreath arg. and gu. issuing therefrom
three ostrich feathers or, on the breast a
cross crosslet, sa, for Warburton. Second,
three arrows, two in saltire, and one in pale
or, headed and feathered sa. bound with a
ribbon gu. for Egerton.
Estates — In Warburton, Aston, Great Bud-
worth, and Appleton, held since the Con-
quest.
%* The house of Arley, built by Piers
Warburton in 1469, and which since that
time has been the family residence, is now
undergoing considerable repairs and alter-
ations. It is to be completed in the Eliza-
bethean style.
Seat — Alley Hall, in the county of Chester.
WITHAM, OF CLIFFE.
WITHAM, HENRY, esq. of Lartington Hall, in the county of York, b. 28th May,
1779, to. Eliza, daughter of Thomas Witham, esq. of
Headlam, in the county of Durham, and niece and
heiress of William Witham, esq. of Clifte, in Yorkshire,
a li*\ by Avhom he has issue, -
Henry-John, b. 17th July, 1802.
William-Lawrence, b. 18th September, 1804.
George, b. 9th October, 1805.
Thomas-Edward, b. 6th December, 1806.
Charles-James, b. 19th July, 1810, deceased.
Alfred, b. in 1820, died young.
Catherine, to. in 1823, to Henry Englefield, esq. and
has issue.
Maria.
Emma-Seraphina-Mary.
Elizabeth-Mary.
Winefred-Mary-Anne.
This gentleman, whose patronymic was Silvertop,
assumed, by sign manual, 16th November, 1802, the
surname of Witham only.
Htneage.
The Withams were originally settled in
Lincolnshire, and probably derived their
surname from Witham Common, in the
neighbourhood of Grantham, or from the
river Witham, in the same county.
Sir Robert Wytham.wIio m. Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir Guy St. Philbert, had a
son,
Lawrence Wytham, who espoused Mar-
garet, daughter of Sir John Ermyn, and
was father of
Robert Wytham, who wedded Tomasyn,
daughter of Thomas Walsh, and was s. by
his son,
Robert Wytham, of Grantham, whose
will bears date 30th December, 1440. He
m. Margaret, daughter of Richard Skel-
denby, and had six sons, viz.
i. Henry, who died s. p.
II. Thomas, Chancellor of tho Exche-
quer, " ad placitum Regis 32 Henry
VI. ; pro vita 34 Henry VI. et Can-
cellarius scac. Regis 4 Edward IV."
See Cal. Rot. Pat. p. 296-7—3076.
He to. Agnes daughter and co-heir
of William Thwenge, of Corneburg,
and died s. p.
in. William, dean of Wells.
jv. Henry (Sir), knt. of Rhodes, who
to. Alicia, dan. and co-heir of William
Thwenge, of Corneburg, but died s.p.
v. John, of whom presently,
vi. Richard (Sir), knt. of Rhodes.
The fifth son,
John Wytham, espoused Margaret, dau.
of Barton of Whenbie, and had issue,
George, his heir.
Thomas, who m. Janetta, daughter and
co-heir of John W'awton, esq. of
Cliffe, in the county of York, and
hence descend the Withams of
Bretonby and Ledstone.
Joan, to. to Richard Westhrop.
Margaret, to. to Thomas Lepton.
The elder son,
George Witham, wedded Margaret, dau.
and co-heir of John Wawton of Cliffe, and
by her, who died in 1479, and is buried at
Maufield, had three sons, John, Richard,
and Thomas ; and three daughters, Agnes,
Hellen, and Margaret, m. to Robert Tal-
boys. By the eldest of the former,
John Witham, esq. of Cliffe and Corne-
burg, he was succeeded at his decease. This
gentleman to. Agnes, daughter of Sir Tho-
mas Gower, of Stytnam, in the county of
York, and had (with two daughters, Cathe-
rine, to. to German Paule, of Hertburne,
and Margaret, to. to German Oglesthorpe,
of Newsham) a son and successor,
Thomas Witham, esq. of Cliffe and Cor-
neburg, who wedded Cicely, daughter of
WITH AM, OF CLIFFE.
John Conyers, of Hutton sup. Wysk, in the
county of York, and had,
John, his heir.
Eleanor, in. to Jolin Bulmer.
Mary, m. to Leonard Bates.
Margaret, in. to Henry Lowicke.
Thomas Witham died 10th March, 1538, and
Was s. by his son,
John Witham, esq. of Cliflfe, living in
1585, who m. Eleanor, daughter of James
Fox, esq. of Thorpe under Willows, and
had, with two younger sons, Thomas and
Robert, and a daughter Margaret, the wife
of Anthony Chaters, esq. of Butterhy,in Dur-
ham, a son and successor,
Anthony Witham, esq. of Cliffe, who
espoused Anne, daughter of John Middleton,
esq. of Stokeld, in the count} of York, and
had issue,
i. John, his heir.
n. Thomas.
III. \\ illiam.
iv. Peter.
v. Catherine, m. to Sir Henry Trotter,
of Skelton Castle.
vi. Ann, ///. to Michael Johnson, esq. of
Twizle, Yorkshire.
The eldest son,
John W mi VM,esq. of Cliffe, born in 1582,
wedded, first, Dorothy, daughter and co-heir
of William Wycliffe, esq. ofWycliffe; se-
condly, Mary Rudd; and thirdly, Jane.
daughter of Cuthhert Radcliffe, esq. of
Blanchard, in Northumberland. By the
first lady (who died in 161 1 ) he had issue,
William, his heir.
Roger, a monk in Germany.
Anthony, who in. Isabel, daughter of
Richard Hixon, esq.
Katherine.
Margaret, in. to Cuthbert Conyers, of
Layton, in Durham.
Mr. AN itham was s. at his decease by his
eldest son,
William Witham, esq. of Cliffe, who m.
Anne, daughter of George Collingwood, esq.
of Esslington, in Northumberland, and had
four sons, GEORGE, William, Thomas, and
Lawrence ; and three daughters, Ann, Man ,
and Dorothy. The eldest son,
George Witham, esq. of Cliffe, espoused
Grace, daughter of Sic MarmadukeWyvile,
bart. of Constable Burton, in the county of
York, by Isabel, his wife, daughter and sole
heiress of Sir William Gaseoigne. knight, of
Sedbury, and had issue,
John, Lis heir.
George, a Roman Catholic bishop, and
vicar apostolic of the northern dis-
trict.
"NA illiam.
Christopher, a Roman Catholic priest.
Robert, president of the English Col-
lege at Douai.
Lawrence, who w. the daughter of Sir
Solomon Swale.
Marmaduke, who m. first, a daughter of
T. Leyburne, esq. of Cunswick and
Witherslack ; and secondlj , a daugh-
ter of Sir Thomas Tancred.
Dorothy, a nun.
Ann, m. to George Palmes, esq. of Na-
burn. (See vol. i. p. 613.)
Mr. Witham died in 1648, and was s. by
his eldest son,
John Witham, esq. of Cliffe. This gen-
tleman m. fir>t, (settlement dated 18th Ja-
nuary. 29 Car. II.) Elizabeth, youngest dan.
of Edward Standish, esq. of Standish, in the
count] of Lancaster, by Elizabeth, his wife,
daughter of Sir Francis Howard, of Corby
Castile, and had issue,
I. \\ in i \m. his heir.
ii. Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Salkeld.
in. Grace.
i\. Dorothy.
V. Mary . a nun.
Mr. Witham, who m. secondly, Troth,
daughter of — Tempest, esq. of Halliwell,
u as t. hy his eldeBl son,
William Witham, esq. of Cliffe, whose
will i> dated 8th July, 1723. He m. in 1707
Lnne, ' daughter of Sir I lenry Lawson, bart.
"I Brough, in the county of York, and had
issue,
I. Henry, his heir.
ii. Thomas, of Durham, M.D. died in
l?Mi. and lies interred in St. Oswald's
Church, in that city. He m. Eliza-
beth, daughter of George Meynell,
esq. of Aldborough and Dalton, and
co-heir to her brother, as also to
Francis Massey, esq. of Rixton. By
this lady Dr. "\\ itham had issue,
1. George, a Roman Catholic
priest, who died 1st May, 1829.
2. Thomas, who died young.
3. Francis, who m. first, Mary,
daughter of Michael Tunstall,
esq. and secondly, Mary-Clara,
relict of F. Hutton, esq. and
daughter of F. Stafford, esq. but
died 19th November, 1827, s. p.
* This Anne Lawson was grand-daughter of
Sir John Lawson, who m. Catherine, daughter of
Sir \Y illiam Howard, and sister of the first earl
of Carlisle, and through her the Withams are de-
scended from the Lords Eure, Dacre of Gillesland,
Audley of Walden, the Howards and Mowbrays,
Dukes of Norfolk, De Vere, Earl of Oxford,
Stafford, Duke of Buckingham; Percy, Earl of
Northumberland ; Woodville, Earl of Rivers,
Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, Beauchamp, Earl of
Warwick, Neville, Earl of Westmorland, De
Bohun, Earl of Northampton, and from Anne
Pi \ntaoenet, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock,
Duke of Gloucester, sixth, son of King Euwaiid 111.
BOUVERIE, OF DELAPRE ABBEY.
4. William, who in. Dorothy, dau.
of Thomas Langdale, esq. and
dying in 1825, left issue,
Thomas, in holy orders.
William, who in. Frances,
dau. of James Brookes, esq.
of Henley - upon - Thames,
and has four sons and four
daughters.
Charles (Sir), knt. who in.
Miss Jane Hoy, and has
a daughter, Constantia.
Francis, lieutenant R.N.
John.
Lawrence.
Dorothy, in. to James Max-
well, esq. of Kirkconnell,
and has a daughter, Dorothy
Maxwell.
5. Henry, who m. Elizabeth, dau.
of Thomas Langdale, esq. and
dying 1st March, 1814, left issue,
Henry, barrister-at-law.
Frances.
Elizabeth,
in. John, who d. s. p. at Lisle.
iv. George, ? who both d. s. p. at
v. William, $ Douai.
The eldest son and successor,
Henry Witham, esq. of Cliffe, wedded
Catherine, daughter and co-heir of Anthony
Meaburne, esq. of Pontop, in the county of
Durham, and had by her (who d. 12th April,
1803) three sons and six daughters, viz.
i, William, his heir.
II. Thomas, of Headlam, in the county
of Durham, who in. Mary, daughter
of James Thornton, esq. of Nether
Whilton, in Northumberland, and
by her (who died in May, 1793) had
issue,
William, who d. s. p. in 1831.
Eliza, of whom presently as heiress
to her uncle,
in. Anne, in. to Philip Howard, esq. of
Corby Castle,
iv. Catherine, in. to Thomas Stapleton,
esq. of Carlton,
v. Mary, in. to Gustavvis de Strom, a
Swede,
vi. Elizabeth, in. to Charles Mostyn
Brown, esq. and d. at Nancy.
VII. Winefred.
VIII. Frances, deceased.
Mr. Witham died in 1771, and was s. by his
elder son,
William Witham, esq. of Cliffe, who m.
Winefred, daughter of Nicholas Stapleton,
esq. of Carlton, but dying without issue,
2nd August, 1802, he devised his estate of
Cliffe* to (the daughter of his brother) his
niece, Eliza, then married, as already
stated, to Henry Silvertop, esq. (younger
son of John Silvertop, esq. of Minster Acres)
who has assumed the surname of Witham,
and is the present Henry Witham, esq. of
Lartington Hall.
Arms — Or, a bendlet gu. between three
eaglets sa.
Crest — Out of a ducal coronet or, a demi
woman, her hair dishevelled, ppr. in her
dexter hand a gem ring or.
3Iotto— Optime Merenti.
Estates — In Yorkshire.
Seat — Lartington Hall.
Since sold to — Wilson, esq.
BOUVERIE, OF DELAPRE ABBEY.
BOUVERIE, EDWARD, esq. of Delapre Abbey, in the county of Northampton, b.
26th October, 1767, m. 10th March, 1788, Catherine,
daughter of William Castle, esq. and has issue,
Everard-William, lieutenant-colonel in the Royal
Horse Guards, m. 3rd April, 1816, Charlotte, daugh-
ter of the late Colonel Hugh O'Donel, of Newport
Pratt, in the county of Mayo.
Charles, who d. unmarried, in 1827.
Francis-Kenelm, m. 21st November, 1826, Eliza, dan.
of — Shiel, esq. of Castle Dawson, in the county of
Derry.
James, a major in the 17th foot, m. 11th July, 1826,
Miss Elizabeth Alston Stewart, dau. of Col. Alston,
of Urrard House, Perthshire.
Katherine-Mary-Charlotte.
Elizabeth-Anne.
Caroline-Margaret.
Marv-Elizabeth.
8
NEVILE, OF THORNEY.
This gentleman, a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for the county of Northampton,
served the office of sheriff in 1800. He s. his father, the Hon. Edward Bouverie, 3rd
September, 1810.
HLmcacic.
This is a branch of the house of Radnor,
springing from the
Hon. Edward Bouverie, (second son of
Jacob, first Viscount Folkestone, by Mary,
his wife, daughter of Bartholomew Clarke,
esq. of Hardingstone, and of Delapre \l>-
bey,) who was returned at the general
elections in 1761 and 1768, M.P. for N< m
Sarum. He m. 30th June, 1764, Harriot,
only daughter of Sir Everard Fawkener,
knt. many years ambassador at the Porte,
and had issue,
Edward, his heir.
John, in holy orders, b. 13th January,
1779, prebendary of Lincoln, and
rector of Woolbeding, Sussex.
Henry-Frederick (Sir). k.C.B. a ge-
neral in the army, i. lltfa July, 17*3,
m. 8th July, ls-2(i. Julia, daughter of
Lewis Montolieu, esq. and widon of
William \\ ilbraham, esq. and has
issue.
Harriet-Elizabeth, m. to the Earl of
Rosslyn, and d. in 1810.
Frances-Anne.
Mary-Charlotte, m. in 1800, to William
Maxwell, esq. and d. in 1816.
Jane, m. in 1802, to Sir Francis Vin-
cent, hart, and rf.. in 1809.
Diana-Juliana, m. to the Hon. George
Ponsonby.
Mr. Bouverie d. 3rd September, 1810, and
was s. by his eldest son, the present Ed-
ward Bor\ erie, esq. of Delapre Abbey.
Arms — Per fesse, or and arg. a spread
eagle sa. on the breast an escutcheon gu.
charged with a bend vair.
Crest — A demi-eagle with two heads dis-
placed sa. ducally gorged or, on the breast
a cross crosslet arg.
Motto — Patria cara, carior libertas.
Estates — In Northamptonshire.
S<„t — Delapre Abbey near Northampton,
which came, by marriage, from the Tates
to the family of Clarke, of Hardingstone,
and thence, by the alliance of the first Vis-
count Folkestone, to the Bouveries. Ad-
joining the park is (Ji ken's Cross, erected
by EDWARD I. to the memory of Queen
Eleanor.
NEVILE, OF THORNEY.
NEVILE, CHRISTOPHER, esq. of Thorney, in the county of Nottingham, b. 13th
September, 1769, m. first, 9th May, 1797, Ann-Eliza-
beth, eldest daughter of Jonathan Acklom, esq. of Wise-
ton, in the same shire, by whom (who d. 11th June,
1813) he has two sons, namely,
Christopher, in holy orders, rector of Wickenby, in
Lincolnshire, b. 11th January, 1806, m. 28th De-
cember, 1830, Gertrude, third daughter of the late
Lieutenant-colonel Hotham, of the city of York, and
has a daughter, Charlotte, b. 10th October, 1831, and
a son, George, b. 5th July, 1833.
George, b. 6th January, 1808.
He espoused, secondly, 12th December, 1815, Mary-
Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Allen Swainston,
M.D. of York, and sister of Edward Swainston-Strang-
wayes, esq. of Alne, in Yorkshire, by whom he has issue
two other sons, viz.
Charles, b. 10th December, 1816.
Henry, b. 27th January, 1819.
This gentleman, who is a captain in the royal navy, succeeded, at the decease of
his brother, on the 5th December, 1829. He is a magistrate and deputy lieutenant
for the West Riding of York and for the county of Nottingham.
NEVILE, OF THORNEY.
Utncage.
This is a branch of the once great and
powerful family of Nevile, Lords of Raby,
who subsequently became Earls of West-
morland,* and whose descent is deducable
from our Saxon annals.
Waltheof, Officiary Earl of Northum-
berland, in the reign of King Edgak, A.D.
969, had by his wife, Judith, daughter of
the Earl of Champaign, a son,
Uchtred, who was made Earl of North-
umberland, (his father then living) in the
year 980, and was murdered by Thursbrand,
in 1017. He was thrice married, first, to
Edfrid, daughter of Aldane, Bishop of
Durham, secondly, to Sejan, daughter of
Styr Fitz Ulf, and thirdly, to Elsgina, dau.
of King Ethelred. By the last lady he
had an only daughter,
Agatha, heiress of Raby, and other large
possessions which had belonged to her
mother. She espoused Maldred, son of
Crinan, an eminent Thane, and bore an
only son,
Cospatrick, who obtained from the Con-
queror the earldom of Northumberland for
a considerable sum of money, but after-
wards becoming discontented, fled into
Scotland, with other great northern chiefs,
taking his mother and sisters, and Edgar
Athling, along with him. He subsequently
made several hostile incursions into Eng-
land, and lost his earldom, anno 1072, in
consequence ; but obtained Dunbar, and
the adjoining lands in Loudon, from the
Scottish monarch. He d. in 1073, leaving
issue,
i. Dolphin, who became Earl of Dun-
bar,
ii. Waltheof, a benefactor to St. Mary's
Abbey, York.
in. Uchtred, of whom presently.
iv. Juliana, married, at the instigation
of Henry II., to Ranulph de Merley,
of Morpeth, a great Northumberland
baron.
v. Etheldreda, m. to Duncan, natural
son of Malcolm, King of Scotland.
The third son,
Uchtred, was Lord of Raby, in which he
was s. by his son,
Dolphin, Lord of Raby, who wedded
Alice, daughter of Walcher, Bishop of Dur-
ham, and Earl of Northumberland, and was
s. by his son,
Mildred Fitz-Dolphin, Lord of Raby
and Staindrop, in the county of Durham,
whose son,
* Refer to Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peer-
age.
Robert Fitz-Maldred, Lord of Raby,
espoused Isabel De Nevile, only daughter
of Geoffrey De Nevile,* by Emma, daugh-
ter and heir of Bertram De Bulmer, a great
baron of the north, and eventually heiress
of her brother, Henry De Nevile, of Brans-
path and Durham. f At this marriage it
was stipulated that all its issue, male, should
assume the surname of Nevile; which issue
were,
i. Geffrey Fitz Robert, who bore
" gules, a saltier arg."
ii. John (Sir), of Pickhall, in York-
shire, bore the same as his elder
brother, but for distinction, powdered
with ermines. This Sir John Nevile
was ancestor of the present Charles
Nevile, esq. of Holt, in the county
of Leicester.
ill. William who turned colours, bear-
ing arg. a saltier gules. J From this
William descended the Neviles of
Holbeck, in Yorkshire, some of
whose family are still living in the
neighbourhood of Leeds.
The eldest son,
Geoffrey (Fitz Robert) De Nevill,
Lord of Raby, Branspath, &c. &c. had by
his wife, Margaret, two sons, namely,
Robert, his successor.
Geoffrey, governor of Scarborough
Castle, in the reign of Henry III.
He m. Margaret, daughter and heir
of Sir John Longvillers, of Hornby
Castle, in Lancashire, and died in
the 13th Edward I. then seised of
the manor of Appleby, and other
lands in Lincolnshire ; the castle and
manor of Hornby, in the county of
Lancaster ; and Hoton Longvillers,
in Yorkshire ; the entire of which he
acquired by his marriage. He left
a son and heir,
John Nevill, from whom des-
cended the Neviles of Hornby,
whose heir, female,
* This Geoffrey was grandson of Gilbert
De Nevill, a noble Norman, who came into
England as admiral to William the Conqueror,
and obtained from his victorious Chief large ter-
ritorial grants in the county of Northumberland,
as well as an augmentation to his coat armour, in
testimony of the eminent services he had rendered,
viz. a ship sa. in afield or, to be quartered by him
and his descendants.
t She was likewise heir to her mother, Emma
Bulmer.
% All quartering Nevile's coat, on a fret of
eight.
10
NEVILE, OF THORXEY
Margaret Nevile, wedded
Tliomas Beaufort, Duke of
Exeter, who d. in 1426.
The elder son and heir,
Robert De Nevill, upon doing his
fealty in the 30th Henry III. had livery of
all the lands which he inherited from his
grandfather, Rohert Fitz Maldred. In the
43rd of the same reign he had a military
summons to march to the relief of the King
of Scotland, and he was then constituted
governor of the castles of Norliam and
\\ erke. In the next year he had a similar
command in Bamborough Castle, and in two
years afterwards, he was made warden of
all the Royal Forests beyond the Trent,
which was followed by the appointment of
Justice Itinerant, for the pleas of those
forests. In the 47th he was one of the
barons who undertook for the king's ob-
servance of the ordinances of Oxford, and
in the same turbulent era he was appointed
captain general of all the kind's forces be-
yond the Trent, sheriff of ^ orkshire, and
governor of the castle of York. In 1266,
we find him governor of Pickering Castle,
and in L270, again governor of Bamborough,
although in the interim he had joined the
standard of the barons. He in. Ida. daugh-
ter of Roger !>■ 1J< rtram, Lord of Mitford,
and had a son,
Robert, who wedded Mary, elder
daughter and co-heir of Ralph Fitz
Ranulph, Lord of Middleham, bj
whom he acquired the manor of Mid-
dleham, the manor of Carleton, and
the forest of Coverdale. He died in
the lifetime of his father (anno 1271),
leaving an only son,
Ranulph, successor to his grand-
father.
He d. in 1282, and was s. by his grandson,
RANULPH DeNevill, who, being a minor,
obtained permission from the king that his
friends might plough and manage his lands ;
and in the 13th EDWARD I. had livery of
certain manors, part of his inheritance. He
was summoned to parliament as a 15 \ it« >n ,
on the 8th June, 121)4, and from that period
to the 18th February, 1331. He was in the
wars of France, temp. EDWARD I. and in
those of Scotland in the next reign. It is
said, however, that he little minded secular
business, but devoted the principal part of
his time to conversation with the Canons of
Merton and Coverham, upon whom he be-
stowed some considerable grants.* His
* This nobleman had a warm contest with the
Trior of Durham, about the presentation of a
stag on St. Cuthbert's day, in September, " which,
in truth (says Dugdale) was rather a rent than an
obligation, in regard lie held R.ABY, with the eight
adjoining townships, by the yearly rent of <£4. and
lordship m. first, Euphemia, daughter of Sir
John De Clavering, and had two sons, viz.
Robert, called the " Peacock of the
North," who d. s. p. in his father's
life time.
Rali'H, his successor.
He espoused secondly, Margery, daughter
of John, son of Marmaduke De Thweng,
but had no other issue. He d. in 1331, and
was i. by his only surviving sou,
Ralph i>e NEVILL, second baron, sum-
moned to parliament from 20th November,
1330, to 20th January. 1330. This noble-
man, in the time of his father, was retained
by indenture to serve the Lord Henry de
Percy for life, in peace or war, against all
men except the king, with twenty men at
arms, whereof five to be knights, receiving
-t'lOO. sterling per annum. In the 7th of
Edward III. his lordship was one of the
commissioners Bent into Scotland, there to
see that the covenant between Edward de
Baliol, King of Scots, and his royal master,
.." It seems that contrarv to the custom of
In- predecessors, he required that the Trior should
feast himself, and those whom he might think
proper to bring with him, at the presentation of
the .stag; that the prior's servants should be set
aside for the occasion, ami that his own servants
and officers should be placed in their stead. To
all which the churchman demurred. Nevill, in
maintenance of his rights, invited .lobn De Baliol,
of Barnard Castle, to accompany him as a guest
to the priory, but Baliol refused, declaring that lie
was totally ignorant of the Nevills having at any
time such a privilege there. While Sir William
De Brompton, the chief justice of the bishopric,
acknowledged that he was himself the first who
commenced the extravagant practice ; for being a
young man, and delighting in hunting, he came
with the Lord Nevill at the offering of the stag,
and said to his companions, " Come let vs go into
the abheu and wind our horns." The prior further
alleged that none of Rannlph's predecessors had
ever made such a claim, but were satisfied with a
breakfast only on bringing the stag, and that the
Lord himself never staved dinner, unless specially
invited. During the life of Ranulph, the matter
remained unadjusted, but in the time of his son
and successor, Ralph, second lord, it was finally
settled, as thus stated by Dugdale. "In this
year, doing his fealty to William, Trior of Dur-
ham, upon Lammas day, for the manor of Raby, he
told him, that he would offer the stag as his an-
cestors had done ; saving that, whereas his father
required, that the prior's servants should be set
aside at that time, and his own serve in their
stead ; he would be content that his snould attend
together with those of the prior ; and whereas his
father insisted, that his servants should only he
admitted to dinner ; he stood upon it that bis
should be there entertained the whole day, and
likewise the morrow at breakfast; whereupon the
prior made answer, "that none of his ancestors
were ever so admitted, and that he would rath' r
(pi it the stag, than suffer any new custom, to the
NEVILE, OF THORNEY.
11
were ratified by the parliament of that king-
dom ; and the next year he was joined
n ith Henry de Percy in the wardenship of
the Marches of Northumberland, Cumber-
land, and Westmorland. He had subse-
quently high and confidential employments,
and was constantly engaged in the wars of
Scotland and France. He m. Alice, dau.
and co-heir of Hugh de Audley, and had
issue,
I. John (Sir), who succeeded his father,
and was third lord. (For the conti-
nuation of his lordship's line, refer
to Burke's Extinct and Dormant
Peerage.)
II. William (Sir), gentleman of the bed-
chamber to King Richard II.
III. Thomas, Bishop of Ely.
iv. Robert (Sir), of Eldon.
v. Alexander, Archbishop of York.
VI. Ralph (Sir), of Candall.
This Ralph, Lord Nevill, died in 1367, and
was buried at Durham ; at a mile westward
prejudice of their church." But to this, Ralph
replied, " that he would perform the whole service
or none, and put the trial of his right upon the
country." The prior, therefore, knowing him to
be so powerful, and that the country would not
displease him, declined the offer; howbeit, at
length, to gain his favour, in regard he had no
small interest at court, and might do him a kind-
ness or displeasure, was content for that one time,
he should perform it as he pleased, so that it
might not be drawn into example afterwards : and
to the purpose proposed, that that indenture should
be made betwixt them. Whereupon the Lord
Nevill brought but few with him, and those more
for the honor of the prior, than a burthen ; and so
shortly after dinner took his leave, but left one of
his servants to lodge there all night, and to take
his breakfast there on the next day ; protesting
that being both a son and tenant of the church, he
would not be burthensome to it, in respect it
would be no advantage to himself, but might much
damnine him." He appears afterwards to have
submitted the matter entirely to the award of the
prior, and the. elder monks. The latter of whom
reported, " That they had often seen the stag
offered, but that the lord never staid dinner unless
invited to do so bv the prior;" in this they were
confirmed by the old men of the country^ who far-
ther stated, " that so soon as the stag was brought,
it was carried to the kitchen, and that those who
conveyed it were taken into the hall to breakfast,
as they that bring their rents used to be." " More-
over, whenever it so happened that any of the
Lords Nevill were bidden to dinner, his cook was
admitted into the kitchen to prepare a dish for
him ; so likewise another servant in the cellar, to
choose his drink ; and in like manner, some other
at the gate, who knew his servants and followers
merely to let them in, and to keep out others, who,
under pretext of being servants, might then intrude.
But this was onlv done by the prior, as out ol
courtesy and respect, and not at all out of right."
of which place remains the fragments of a
once beautiful cross, called Nevile's, built
by this baron, anno 1346, to commemorate
some victory. His lordship's fourth son,
Sir Robert Nevii.e, of Eldon, who dis-
tinguished himself in arms, m. Clara, dau.
of Sir Francis Pinckney, and was s. by his
son,
Sir Alexander Nevtle, father of
Thomas Nevile, esq. whose son,
William Nevile, esq. wedded the dau.
and heir of — Barker, of South Leverton,
in the county of Nottingham, and thus ac-
quired that estate. His son,
Thomas Nevile, esq. of South Leverton,
m. the daughter and heir of Lewis of Hedon,
in Nottinghamshire, and had four sons, viz.
I. Alexander (Sir), his heir.
II. William, whose son William m.
Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Geffrey
Poole, and living at York, anno
1599, had a son William.
in. Humphrey, d. s. p.
iv. Robert, provost of Rotherham, d.
s. p. in 1586.
He was s. by his son,
Sir Alexander Nevile, of South Lever-
ton, who espoused Margaret, sister and heir
of Sir Arthur Eyre, knt. of Padley, in the
county of Derby, and had five sons, viz.
I. Anthony (Sir), his successor.
II. Richard, who m. Anne, fourth dau.
of Sir Walter Mantle, and had four
daughters, who all died young, and
two sons,
Alexander, born in 1544, a poetical
writer, m. Jane, daughter of Ri-
chard Duncombe,esq. of Morton,
Bucks, and widow of Sir Gilbert
Dethick, but died s. p. in 1614.
Thomas, in holy orders, dean of
Canterbury. This gentleman was
a great benefactor to Trinity
College, Cambridge, having ex-
pended £3000. in rebuilding the
quadrangle, which still retains
the name of Nevile's Court. He
died in 1615, and was buried at
Canterbury.
Alexander.
"ob'e1rIt!ireyibotlldied*-^
The eldest son,
Sir Anthony Nevile, m. first, Maria,
daughter of Sir John Zouch, of Codnor
Castle, in the county of Derby, and had
two sons, namely,
I. Alexander, who m. Maria, daugh-
ter of John Portington, of the county
of Lincoln, and had issue,
Anthony, m. Margaret, daughter of
John Ashley, of the Jewel House,
and had a son,
in.
iv.
v.
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NEVILE, OF THORNEY.
Anthony, a ward of Queen
Mary, living in 1599.
Jervis, m. — , daughter of Cooke,
and widow of I). Bradley.
Henry, slain in Flanders,
n. George, whose line we are about to
continue.
Sir Anthony wedded, secondly, Elizabeth or
Dorothy, daughter of Thomas, Lord Burgh,
of Gainsborough. His second son,
George Nevile, esq. m. first, Mary Fair-
fax, and had, with many other children,
whose registers cannot now be ascertained,
a sou,
Francis, baptized 25tb January, 1530,
whose son,
Sir John Nevile, m. Elizabeth,
eldest daughter and co-heir of
William Boswell, of Chete, in
the county of York, and had
HENRY, from whom de-
scended
John NEVILE, of Matter-
sey, Notts, whose dau.
and heiress,
Elizabeth, baptized
-'Ttli August, Hi:}.-).
m. Sir \\ illiaiu
Hickman, bart. of
Gainsborough, in
the county of Lin-
coln.
Maria, m. to Gervasc Clifton.
He wedded secondly, Isabel, daughter and
heir of John Crofts, esq. of Ragnall, in
Nottinghamshire, and had, with other issue,
Robert Nevile, esq. who espoused
Alicia, second daughter and co-heir of \\ il-
liam Boswell, of Chete, by whom he had,
with other children, Sitha, m. to Anthonius
de Staunton, and
George Nevile, esq. who m. Barbara,
lister and co-heir of Sir John Hercy, of
Grove, and fifth daughter of Sir Humphrey
Hercy, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of
Sir John Digby, of Ketclby. By this lady
lie had issue,
I. John, of Grove, who m. Gertrude,
daughter of Richard Whalley, esq.
and had a son and successor,
Hercy Nevile, esq. of Grove, who
m. Bridget, daughter of — Sa-
ville, esq. of Lupset, and had
(with a daughter, Barbara, m.
first, to John Babington, esq. of
Rampton, and secondly, to An-
thony Eyre, esq. of Kiveton,) a
son and heir,
Gilbert Nevile, esq. of
Grove, who wedded Mar-
garet, dau. of Sir Thomas
Bland, of Kippax Park,
in the county of York, and
had two sons, Edward, his
heir, and Anthony, a major
in the royal army during
the civil wars, who died 24th
February, 1688, aged 69,
and was interred in the
chancel of the church of
Everton, Notts. The elder
son,
Edward NE\iLE,esq. of Grove,
m. Maria Scott, of Camber-
well, and had, with two
daughters, Catherine, who
died unm. in 1683, and
Anne, m. to John Milling-
ton, esq. barrister-at-law, a
son and heir,
Edward Nevile, esq. of Grove,
who was created a baronet
24th February, 1674. This
gentleman, who represent-
ed Retford in parliament,
espoused Elizabeth, sister
of Robert Holt, esq. of War-
wickshire, and relict of —
Kiddernjinster, esq. but died
s. p.
ii. GEORGE, ancestor of the family now
before us.
III. Gervasc, ) , .. ,. ,
.v. Inthony, j both died *. p.
\. Dionysius, who >n. Elizabeth, dau.
of — Gernon, of Rollestou, and had
with many other children, who all
died issueless, a son and successor,
Geiivais Nevile, esq. of Thorney,
who m. Elizabeth, daughter of
Nicholas Rayner, esq. and died
in 1643, leaving two daughters,
Abigail and Alise, and a son,
John Nevile, esq. of Thorney,
who m. Rebecca, daughter
of Ralph Clark, and was
father of
Dionysius Nevile, esq.
of Eastwood, near Ro-
lherham,Yrorkshire, an-
cestor of the Neviles
of Badsworth,* now
* In the chancel of St. Peter's Church, Leeds,
on neat tablets, are the following inscriptions: —
" Sacred to the memory of Charles Henry
Nevile, lieutenant in the Queen's, or second regi-
ment of foot, who being on the marine duty on
board Earl Howe's ship, after behaving in a most
brave and gallant manner in the engagement which
took place between the English and French fleet
for three days, was killed by a grape-shot, June
1st, 1794, aged 19 years. Ye sons of Peace, who
blest with all the dear delights of social life, be-
hold this tablet, which affection reared to the
loved memory of the young, the brave, whose
NEVILE, OF THORNEY.
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represented by George
Pate Neville, esq. of
Badsworth.
The second son of George Nevile and Bar-
bara Hercy,
George Nevile, esq. of Thorney, in the
county of Notts, a manor purchased by his
father about the year 1567, wedded the
daughter of — Tyrwhitt, esq. and had, with
younger issue,
Gervais (Sir), of Haddington, in Lin-
colnshire, who m. Katherine, daugh-
ter of Sir Richard Hutton, justice,
and hence descended
Christopher Nevile, esq. who m.
the Lady Sophia Noel, daughter
of Baptiste, fourth Earl of Gains-
borough, and was father of
Christopher Neville, esq.
who, having assumed his
maternal surname, is the
present Christopher Noel,
esq. of Wellingore, near
Lincoln.
George.
The second son,
George Nevile, esq. of Thorney, m.
first, Sara, daughter of — Cooke, esq. of
Doncaster, relict first of John Copley, and
afterwards of Christopher Ayscoughe, esq.
by whom he had a son, Bryan, and a dau.
Jane, who both d. s. p. Mr. Nevile espoused
secondly, Alicia, daughter of George Stow,
esq. and widow of William Rothwell, esq.
by whom he left at his decease, 23rd April,
1653, a son and successor,
George Nevile, esq. of Thorney, b. in
1637. This gentleman m. first, in 1661,
Maria, daughter of Thomas Boswell, esq.
of Edlington, in the county of York, by
whom (who died 4th August, 1670) he had
(with seven daughters, who all died unm.)
one son, George, his heir. Mr. Nevile
early bloom, smote by the ruthless hand of war,
fell admired, lamented. Oh ! give one pityin°-
tear in grateful memory of die generous youth,
who dauntless met the dreadful battle's rage, and
nobly bled that you might live secure."
" To the memory of John Pate Nevile, lieu-
tenant in the third regiment of foot guards, who
was wounded in Holland, in an engagement
against the French, 19th September, of which
wound he died 10th October, 1799, asced 25
» ~
years.
" Also to the memory of Brownlow Pate Nevile,
lieutenant in the third regiment of foot guards,
who was likewise wounded in Holland, in an
engagement against the French, 10th Septem-
ber, and died 16th September, 1799, aged 23
years. They were the brothers of Charles Henry
Nevile, who was killed on board Earl Howe's
ship, 1st June, 1794, and the sons of John Pate
Nevile, esq. of Badsworth."
wedded secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of
Jeremiah Halfhead, and by that lady (who
died in November, 1741) had issue,
Christopher, b. 3rd June, and d. 15th
August, 1673, before his father.
Edward, b. 1st November, 1675, who
m. Martha, daughter of Thomas Lis-
ter, esq. and had (with a daughter,
Mary, who d. young in 1715) a son,
Edward, of whom presently.
Frances, b. 16th July, and died 12th
November, 1674.
Alise, baptized 2nd October, 1683, m.
to William Rothwell, esq. of North
Collingham. She died 21st Novem-
ber, 1755.
Mr. Nevile was s. at his decease by his eld-
est son,
George Nevile, esq. of Thorney, b. 10th
March, 1662, who, by his wife Winefred,
had an only son,
George Nevile, esq. of Thorney, b. in
1696, who wedded Catherine, fourth dau.
and eventual co-heir of Philip Vincent, esq.
of Barnborough Grange, in the county of
York, and had an only daughter and heiress,
Catherine, who m. her cousin, George
Nevile, esq. of Thorney.
Mr. Nevile died in 1742, and was buried at
Thorney. Dying thus, without male issue,
the representation of the family devolved
upon his nephew,
Edward Nevile, esq. of Thorney, J. 28th
October, 1711. This gentleman espoused
Farrington, daughter of George Palmer,
esq. and niece of Sir Richard Farrington,
bart. by whom he had, with five other sons
who died in infancy,
Thomas, who d. s. p.
George, heir to his father.
Mary, m. to the Rev. Thomas Brereton.
Mr. Nevile d, 29th January, 1754, and was
s. by his only son,
George Nevile, esq. of Thorney, 6.20th
December, 1739, who m. 10th September,
1763, Catherine, only daughter and heiress
of George Nevile, esq. and had nineteen
children, of whom survived youth,
Nevile-George, his heir.
Christopher, successor to his brother.
Edward, in holy orders, born 30th Sep-
tember, 1773, vicar of Prees, in the
county of Salop, who m. Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir John Hill, of Hawke-
stone, bart., and sister to the present
Lord Hill.
Maria Catharine, m. to William Wright,
esq. of Bawtry.
Mr. Nevile, a magistrate, and deputy lieu-
tenant for the county of Notts, and lieute-
nant-colonel of the Nottinghamshire militia,
served the office of high sheriff for that shire
in 1772. He died 29th June, 1806, aged
14
WILLIAMS, OF RUSHDEN HALL.
sixty-six, and was buried at Thorney. He
waa s. by bis eldest son,
Ne vile-George Ne\ iLE,esq.of Tborney,
born 17th October, 1764, at whose decease,
unmarried, 5th December, 1829, the estates
devolved upon his brother, the present
Christopher Nevile, esq. of Thorney.
Arms — Quarterly, 1st and 4th gu. a saltire
arg. ; 2;id, per pale erm. and or, a ship
with sails furled sa. ; 3rd, gu. fretty or.
Crests — First, out of a ducal coronet a
bull's head arg\ ; second, on a chapeav,
turned up erm. a ship, sa.
Motto — Ne vile velis.
Estates — The manor, &c. of Thorney. in
the county of Nottingham, purchased by
George Nevile, of Grove, about the year
1567, and settled by him on his two younger
sons.
Seat — Thorney, NotN.
WILLIAMS, OF RUSHDEN HALL.
WILLIAMS, THOMAS, esq. of Rushden Hall, in Northamptonshire, and of Wan-
field Lodge, in the county of Berks, in. first, 1 1th March,
1817, Mary-Frances, second daughter of the late John
Paul Benthon, esq. of the Register Office, Court of
Chancery, by whom (who d. 7th October, 1830) he has
issue,
Wn 1 1 wi-TiidMAs. U. 31 si December, 1817.
Cunningham, l>. 26th August, \xll.
John, b. 16th January, 1*24.
George-Sibley, b. 20th July, 1825.
Edward, b. 6th March, 1827.
Elizabeth.
Mary -Frances.
m. secondly, 19th April, 1833,
iiiffliter of the late Edward Codd,
Catherine, second
esq. of Kingston,
He
da .
Jamaica. Mr. Williams s. his father 31st August, 1803.
He is a magistrate for Northamptonshire, and served the
office of sheriff for that county in 1825.
UttttcW.
This is a branch of the ancient Dorsetshire
family of Y\ ILUAMS, of Herringston ; (refer
to vol. i. p. 614.)
Robert Williams, esq. of Charminster,
in the county of Dorset, b. in Hi!>4, second
surviving son of John Williams, esq. of
Herringston, and his wife, Margaret Ful-
ford, espoused, first, Frances, daughter of
the Rev. Henry Hooton, vicar of Piddles-
toun, but had no issue. He wedded, se-
condly, Miss Anne Shaw, of Manchester,
and had
I. John, of Avery Hatch, who d. in
1774, lea\ ing issue.
II. Thomas, of whom presently.
in. George, of Bath, who left issue.
IV. Robekt, ancestor of the present
Robert Williams esq. of Bride-
head.
v. Stephen, of Russell Place, London,
who d. in 18()o, Leaving i.-sue.
VI. Margaret, m. to Samuel Bedding, of
Charminster.
vn. Elizabeth, w*. to Henry Pouncey,
esq. of Dorchester.
vin. Honor, m. to Francis Chassereau,
esq. of St. Mary le bone.
The second son,
Thomas Williams, esq. purchased, about
the year 1774, Wanfield Lodge, in the county
of Berks. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of —
Topsell, esq. of Bracknell, in the same shire,
and had issue,
Robert, his heir.
John, killed in the West Indies, un-
married.
Ann, m. first, to Thomas Michaelson,
esq. and secondly, to the Rev. — ■
EVANS, OF PORTRANE.
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Lawrence, of St. Mary-le-bone, Lon-
don, and had issue.
Mr. Williams was *. by his son,
Robert Williams, esq. of Wanfield
Lodge, who wedded about the year 1794,
Miss Jane Cunningham, descended from
Hugh, third son of William, fourth Earl of
Glencairu, and left at his decease, 31st
August, 1803, an only son and heir, the
present
Thomas Williams, esq. of Rushden Hall
and Wanfield Lodge.
Arms — Arg. within a bordure engrailed,
gu. charged with crosses pattee or and be-
zants, a greyhound courant in fesse sa.
between three Cornish choughs ppr. Quar-
tering, De la Lynde, Hartley, Herring,
Syward, Cerne, Argenton, Browne, of
Frampton and Cunningham.
Crest — A man's arm couped at the elbow,
habited sa. charged with a cross pattee or,
the hand ppr. holding an oak branch vert,
fructed ppr.
Motto — Nil solidum.
Estates — Wanfield Lodge, Berks, pur-
chased about the year 1774 ; Rushden Hall,
Northamptonshire, purchased in 1820.
Seat — Rushden Hall, Northamptonshire,
but now renting Kingston Russell, in the
county of Dorset.
EVANS, OF PORTRANE.
EVANS, GEORGE, esq. of Portrane, in the county of Dublin, one of the repre-
sentatives in parliament for that shire, succeeded to the estates at the demise of his
father, in 1820, to. 21st August, 1805, Sophia, only daughter of the late Right Hon.
Sir John Parnell, bart. of Rathleague, in the Queen's County, sometime chancellor of
the exchequer in Ireland, but has no issue.
Hincagc.
y
This is a branch of the noble house of
Carbery, the earlier descents of which will
be found under Evans of Ashkill, vol. i.
p. 593.
Eyre Evans, esq. of Portrahern, (now
Portrane), the second son of the Right Hon.
George Evans, of Caherass, in the county of
Limerick, and next brother of the first Lord
Carbery, to. Sarah, second daughter and co-
heiress (with her sister, Mrs. Waller, of
Castletown) of Thomas Dixon, esq. of Bally-
lackin, in the county of Cork, (by Elizabeth,
only daughter and heiress of Edward Bolton,
both d. unmarried.
esq. of Clonrushe, in the Queen's county)
and had issue,
i. George, his successor.
ii. Charles, a lieutenant in the army, d.
unmarried, at Limerick, in August,
1746.
in. Robert, d. unmarried,
iv. Hampden, who s. his brother.
v. John, j
vi. Dixon,;
vii. Mary, to. to William Massy, esq.
brother of Hugh, first Lord Massy,
and d. s. p.
vin. Dorothy, to. to — Connor, esq. and
d. s. p.
ix. Elizabeth, to. in 1769, to William
Evans, esq. of Ardrigh, in the county
of Kildare, and left issue.
Mr. Evans, avIio was returned to parliament
by the county of Limerick, in 1717, was s.
at his decease by his eldest son,
George Evans, esq. of Portrane, M.P.
for the Queen's County, who wedded, 14th
December, 1750, Elizabeth, second daughter
of Lieutenant-general Robert Napier, of the
Scottish noble family of Napier, but died
without issue, when he was s. by his only
surviving brother,
Hampden Evans, esq. an officer in the
army, who thus became of Portrane. This
gentleman to. in January, 1769, Margaret,
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CHESTER, OF BUSH HALL.
daughter of Joshua Davies, esq. and had
three sons and three daughters, viz.
I. George, his heir.
ii. Joshua, barrister-at-law, and one of
the commissioners of the Court of
Bankruptcy, in England.
in. Eyre.
iv. Mary, widow of General William
Lawless, of the French service.
v. Anne-Dorothea, m. to her cousin,
George Pentland, esq. of Bray Head,
in the county of Wicklow, eldest son
of the late George Pentland, esq. by
Catherine, third daughter of the Hon.
John Evans, and aunt of the present
Lord Carben .
vi. Sydney-Elizaheth, m. to the Rev.
Thomas Acton, of West Acton, in
the county of Wicklow.
Mr. Evans d. on the 22nd April, 1820, and
was s. by his eldest son, the present Geokge
Evans, esq. of Portrane, M.P. for the
county of Dublin.
Arms — Arg. three boars' heads couped
sable, quartering DlXON and Bolton.
Crest — A demi-lion rampant reguardant,
or, holding between its paws a boar's head,
couped sable.
Estates — In the county of Dublin and
Queen's County.
Seat — Portrane, near Swords, county of
Dublin.
CHESTER, OF BUSH HALL.
CHESTER, SIR ROBERT, knt. of Bush Hall, in the county of Hertford, b. 5th
January, 1768, m. 10th October, 1797, Eliza, third
daughter of John Ford,* esq. of the Chauntry, near Ips-
wich, by Margaret, his wife, daughter of Matthew Bell,
e.-<j. of Wolsington, and has had issue,
ROBERT, />. 'itli October, 18(H), appointed in 1821, as-
sistant master and marshal of the ceremonies to liis
majesty. He d. unmarried 20th September, 1822.
Charles'. I>. li>th August, 1803, an officer in the E. I. C.
military service, upon the Bengal establishment.
Harry, in the privy council office, London, b. 1st Oc-
tober. 1806.
Eli/.a, in. in 1819, to Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wil-
mot, bart. and has issue.
Harriott, who died in infancy.
Harriott-Ccesar, d. unmarried, 6th January, 1821.
Dulcihella.
Sir Robert Chester, formerly lieutenant-colonel of the
Hertfordshire militia, is a magistrate and deputy lieu-
tenant for the county of Herts. He is likewise master of
the ceremonies to the present king, having enjoyed the
same office under their majesties George III. and
George IV.
Htnrage.
The Chesters enjoyed, at a very remote
period, large possessions in Derbyshire, and
represented the town of Derby in parlia-
ment temp. Edward II. and Edwaud III.
During the wars of York and Lancaster
they were severe sufferers, and the represen-
* This John Ford was eldest son and heir of
John Ford, esq. by Dorothea, his wife, dau. of
Randle Wilbraham, esq. of Rode Hall, Cheshire.
(See vol. i. p. 636;.
tative of the family at last alienated his es-
tates,! to aid the enterprise of the Earl of
Richmond, who, when Henry VII. repaid
t When the family left Derbyshire, a branch
settled in London, and another at Bristol, but
both have long since become extinct. A family
of Chester, deriving from a common ancestor
with the Hertfordshire house, seated itself at
Chichley, in the county of Buckingham, but ex-
pired in the male line in 1755, the estates passing
by a female heir to the family of Bagot.
CHESTER, OF BUSH HALL.
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that disinterested act of devotion by appoint-
ing him one of the gentlemen of the privy
chamber, at that time an office of great trust
and honor. The only son of this staunch
Lancastrian,
Sir Robert Chester,* one of the gen-
tlemen of the privy chamber to King Hf.xry
VIII. obtained from that monarch in recom-
pense for his father's services and sums of
money lent but never repaid, a grant, by
charter, of the monastery of Royston, with
the lands and manors thereunto belonging,
in the counties of Hertford and Cambridge.
He, then, assumed for motto, " Vincit qui
patitur," and thenceforward the Chesters
became established at Royston, and Cocken-
hatch in Hertfordshire. Sir Robert, who
was knighted at Wilton by Edward VI. in
1552, espoused Katherine, daughter of Chris-
topher Throckmorton, esq. of Coorse Court,
in Gloucestershire, and had (with other issue,
whence the Gloucestershire Chesters) a son
and successor,
Edward Chester, esq. of Royston, who
m. Katherine, daughter and heiress of Sir
James Granado, knt. equerry to Henry
VIII. descended from an ancient family in
the duchy of Brabant, and had, with a dau.
Mary, m. to Edward Thornborough, esq. of
Shaddesden, Bucks, a son and successor,
Sir Robert Chester, of Royston and
Cockenhatch, a justice of the peace, who
served the office of high sheriff for Hert-
fordshire. This gentleman, entertaining
King James I. in his progress from Scotland,
received the honour of knighthood from that
monarch, anno 1603. He espoused Anne,
daughter of Sir Arthur Capel,f knt. of
Hadham Hall, by Mary, his wife, daughter
of John, Lord Grey, of Pargo, and had issue,
I. Edward (Sir), his heir.
II. Granado, DD. rector of Broadwater,
in. Robert, DD. rector of Stevenage.
iv. John, born in 1607.
v. Henry, born in 1608, a colonel in the
army, who m. Anne, daughter of The-
odore Reade, esq.
vi. Katharine, m. to Sir Thomas Night-
ingale, bart.
vii. Anne, m. in 1621, to Edward Rad-
cliffe, esq. of Hitchin.
viii. Theodosia, m. first, to Robert
Nightingale, esq. of Newport, Essex ;
and secondly, to Sir Francis Theo-
bald, knt.
IX. Elizabeth, m. to Samuel Hinton,
D.C.L. of Lichfield.
* From an uncle of this Sir Robert, a younger
brother of his father, descended the Leicestershire
Chesters.
t Sir Arthur Capel was son of Sir Henry Capel,
by the Lady Catherine Manners, fourth daughter
of Thomas, first Earl of Rutland.
2.
x. Frances, m. to George Pigot, esq.
of Abington, county of Cambridge.
Sir Robert was succeeded at his decease by
his eldest son,
Sir Edward Chester, of Royston and
Cockenhatch, who was knighted in 1642.
He m. first, Katherine, daughter of John
Stone, esq. of Bradfield Grange, Herts, Ser-
jeant at law, and had issue,
I. John, of Royston, who ra. Mary,
daughter of John Salladine, esq. of
London, and dying in 1659, left issue,
whose descendants sold all the Roys-
ton property.
ii. Anne, m. first, to Robert Eade, M.D.
of Cambridge ; and secondly, to
Henry Hoogan, M.D. of Lynn Regis.
III. Elizabeth, who died unmarried.
iv. Cecilia, m. to Thomas Turner, esq.
of Walden.
v. Frances, who died unmarried.
Sir Edward wedded, secondly, Anne, dau.
and heiress of Sir Peter Saltonstall, knt. of
Barkway, in the county of Herts, and dying
in 1664, left, by her, a son,
Edward Chester, esq. of Barkway and
Cockenhatch, sheriff of Herts in 1666. This
gentleman was the last of the family who
possessed the Barkway estates, and resided
at Cockenhatch. He m. Judith, daughter
and heir of Edward Wright, esq. of Finley,
in Nottinghamshire, and had issue,
i. Edward, who d. unm. in 1672.
II. Robert, b. in 1672, who sold all the
estates. He married twice, but had
issue, only, by his second wife, Ka-
therine, daughter of Richard Webb,
esq.
1. Edward,) who both died with-
2. Robert, > out issue ; the first in
1767, the second in 1751.
3. Richard, who died young.
4. Peter, a lieutenant colonel in
the army, and governor of West
Florida, d. at Bath, unm. in
1799.
5. Catherine, m. to lieutenant
colonel William Vachel, of
Coby, Berks.
6. Anne, m. to John Corrance,
esq. of Rougham, in Suffolk.
7. Judith, m. to the Rev. William
Greaves, of Sutton, in the county
of Lincoln.
8. Elizabeth, who d. unm.
in. Peter, of whom presently.
iv. Katharine, m. to John Perne, esq.
of Abington, county of Cambridge.
v. Anne, m. to Thomas Fountaine, esq.
of High Melton, and d. in 1743.
vi. Judith, d. unm. in 1683.
Vll. Elizabeth, m. in 1689, to Francis
Flyer, esq. of Brent Pelham, county
of Herts.
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CHESTER, OF BUSH HALL.
Edward Chester, of Barkway, d. 21st May,
1718. His third son,
The Rev. Peter Chester, D.D. rector
of Heydon, in Essex, haptized at Barkway,
10th July, 1678, espoused Sarah, second
daughter of Richard Webb, esq. of Caven-
ham, in Suffolk, and of the Inner Temple,
London, by whom he left at his decease in
1728, with other issue, a son,
Robert Chester, esq. of the Middle
Temple, London, secretary to Queen Ann's
bounty, receiver of the tenths, and registrar
of the consistory court of London, who m.
Harriot, daughter and co-heiress of Charles
Adelmare Caesar, esq. by Jane, his wife,
only child and heir of Henry Long, esq. of
Bayford-place, in the county of Herts, (see
family of Caesar at foot) and bad issue,
I. Robert (Sir), his heir,
ii. Charles, b. 31st December, 1768, in
holy orders, rector of Ayott St.
Peters, in the county of Herts, and
of Rettiflgdon, in Essex, chaplain
to the Earl of Hardwick, m. Cathe-
rine, daughter of the Rev. John
Roberts, archdeacon of Merioneth-
shire, and has issue,
ill. Harry, b. 10th August, 1770, of the
Coldstream Guards, a major general
in the army, m. Harriot, youngest
daughter of General Sir Henry Clin-
ton, K.B. and d. 26th June, 1821,
leaving issue.
IV. Jane.
v. Harriott, m. the Rev. Thomas Ellis
Owen, rector of Llandyfrydog, in
Anglesea, and left issue,
vi. Sarah, d. unm. 5th December, 1787.
VII. Catherine, »i. 11th October, 1792,
to the Rev. John Strange Dandridge,
rector of Rousham, Oxfordshire, and
of Syresham, Northamptonshire, and
d. 7th April, 1825, leaving issue.
Mr. Chester was s. at his decease by his
eldest son, the present Sir Robert Ches-
ter, knt. of Bush Hall.
FAMILY OF CESAR.
The family of Cesar was of Italian origin,
and its ancestors, under the surname of
Adelmare, sprung from Ademar, Count of
Genoa, and Admiral of France in the year
1086, had been long settled in the city of
Treviso.
Peter Maria Adelmare, of that place, a
doctor of both laws, and particularly eminent
as a civilian, lived towards the close of the
15th century. He espoused Paola, daugh-
ter and co-heir of John De Paolo Caesarino,
and had three sons, Claudius, Caesar, and
John-Baptist, of whom the second,
Cesar Adelmare, haviug been educated
for the medical profession, took his degree
of doctor in the University of Padua, and
came to England in 1550. Practising ex-
tensively for some time in London, he was
appointed physician to Queen Mary, and in
the subsequent reign placed at the head of
the medical department at court. Dr.
Adelmare wedded Margaret, daughter of
Martin Perin, or Perient, by whom (who
in. for her second husband, Michael Lock,
of London) he had issue,
i. Julius, his heir.
H. Charles, a military officer,
ill. Thomas (Sir), b. in 1561, a barrister
of eminence, who was appointed 26th
May, 1610, one of the barons of
the Exchequer. This gentleman »/.
thrice, but had issue only by his
third wife, Susanna, daughter and
co-heir of Sir William Ryther, knt.
of The Mote, in Kent, viz.
1. Thomas, who »i. Frances, daugh-
ter of Sir George Philpot, knt.
of Thruxton, and had issue.
2. Augustus, ) , ., ,. ,
o r. j- j > hoth died unm.
3. rerdinando, )
4. Avice, m. to — Darell.
5. Susan.
6. Mary, m. to Ralph Knapton,
esq. of Brokenhurst, Hants.
7. Margaret.
8. Elizabeth, m. to Christopher
Wright, esq. of Derbyshire.
Sir Thomas Caesar, esteemed a sound
lawyer, an able pleader, and an up-
right judge, d. 9th June, 1621. His
widow married Thomas Philpot, esq.
IV. William, an eminent merchant.
v. Henry, in holy orders, D.D. Dean
of Ely, rector of Bennington, &c. d.
unm. 7th October, 1636, and was
buried in Ely Cathedral, under a
large altar tomb of marble, with this
inscription round the verge, " Hie
jacet Henricus Caesar, sacrae Theo-
logiae professor, quintus hujus Eccle-
sia? Eliensis Decanus ; de stripe il-
lustri Adelmariorum familiae nobilis
Trevisanae Venetorum in Italia ori-
undus ;" and on the face of the stone,
Caesaris Henrici manet hoc sub marmore corpus
Pars sua quae melior Spiritus astra colit.
vi. Margaret, nt. to Nicholas Wright,
esq. of Eastmead, in Hants.
vn. Elizabeth, m. to — Hunt, esq.
vni. Anne, m. to Mr. Pecke.
Dr. Adelmare died in 1569, and was buried
in the parish church of Great St. Helen's,
Bishopsgate-street. His eldest son,
Sir Julius Ct.sar, was born at Tottenham,
in Middlesex, in 1557, and baptized at St.
Dunstan's, 10th February, in that year, by
the names of Julius-Caesar, the latter of
which he afterwards, at the queen's desire,
CHESTER, OF BUSH HALL.
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adopted as a surname. The exalted rank
of his sponsors at the font affords a sufficient
proof of the high estimation in which his
father was held at court ; they were Wil-
liam Powlett, Marcpais of Winchester, Henry
Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, and the Queen
herself, represented by the Lady Montacute.
Becoming a student of Magdalen College,
Oxford, he took his degree of Bachelor of
Arts in 1575, and of Master in 1578. He
remained at the University until the end of
the following year, when he went to Paris,
to finish the study of his profession as a
civilian. After filling several minor appoint-
ments, Dr. Caesar was constituted in 1584,
Judge of the Admiralty Court, in 1591, a
Master of Request, and in 1603 he received
the honor of knighthood. In 1606, upon the
resignation of George Hume, Earl of Dun-
bar, Sir Julius was constituted Chancellor
and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer, and
in the subsequent year sworn of the Privy
Council. In 1610 he obtained by patent
under the great seal, the reversion of the
office of Master of the Rolls, "after the
death, forfeiture, or surrender" of Sir Ed-
ward Philips, and the death of that learned
judge occurring on the 11th September,
1614, Sir Julius was placed of course on
the Rolls Bench. Sir Julius Caesar m. first,
in 1581, Dorcas, daughter of Sir Richard
Martin, an alderman of London, and relict
of Richard Lusker, esq. of the Middle Tem-
ple, by whom (who d. in 1595) he had issue,
I. Charles, d. in infancy.
II. Julius, b. 14th February, 1587, who
was killed at Padua in a private
quarrel, in 1607.
in. Charles, heir to his father.
iv. Richard, d. young.
v. Dorcas, m. to Thomas Anderson,
esq. barrister-at-law.
He espoused secondly, in 1596, Alice, dau.
of Christopher Grant, of Manchester, and
widow of John Dent, of London ; and
thirdly, Anne, daughter of Sir Henry Wode-
house, of Wraxham, in Norfolk, relict of
William Hungate, esq. of East Bradenham,
in the same shire, and niece of the great
Sir Francis Bacon. By the former (who d.
in 1614) he had issue,
I. John (Sir), of Hyde Hall, in Herts,
b. 20th October, 1597, who m. Anne,
daughter of William Hungate, esq.
of East Bradenham, in Norfolk, and
dying in 1647, left issue,
1. John, of Hyde Hall, who m. a
daughter of Sir Thomas Slings-
by, and left at his decease an
only surviving child, John, who
d. unm. in Ireland, a major in
the army.
This John Caesar, in 1656, sold
his principal estate of Hyde
Hall to William Franklin, esq.
of Gray's Inn ; and subsequently
the remainder of his property
to Arthur Capel, first Earl of
Essex.
2. Robert, of Willian, in Herts,
who m. Johanna, daughter of Sir
William Lovelace, of Lovelace,
in Kent, and left three daughters,
his co-heirs,
Anne, m. to Sir John Poyntz,
knt. of Iron Acton, Glou-
cestershire.
Juliana, m. to Thomas Gage,
esq. of Bentley, in Sussex.
Johanna, m. to John Ram-
payne, gent.
3. Julius, who m. and had two
sons, both of whom appear to
have died unm.
4. Edward, whose only child to
leave issue,
The Rev. John Caesar, M.A.
was collated to the vicarage
of Croydon, by Archbishop
Sancroft, 18th Jan. 1688.
He left at his decease two
sons and a daughter, viz.
Julius, one of the pro-
curators-general and a
deputy-register in the
Arches Court, who d.
unm. in 1763.
Charles, who was a naval
officer. He m. Miss
Rose, of Croydon, and
dying about the year
1765, left two sons,
John, a proctor, who
m. Sarah, daughter
of Henry Robin-
son, esq. of Ely,
and had three sons,
Julius - Henry, a
clergyman, now
deceased ; John-
Charles, attorney-
at-law ; and Ed-
ward,whorf. young;
and two daughters,
Susannah and Sa-
rah.
Charles, lieutenant in
the navy, who in.
Jane, daughter of
Mr. William War-
land, and had an
onlychild,CHARLFS
Augustus, of Cam-
bridge.
Susannah.
5. Anne, ) both died unm>
6. Susan, )
II. Thomas, D.D. d. unm.
in. Robert, one of the six clerks in
chancery, who d. s. p.
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CHESTER, OF BUSH HALL.
Sir Julius Ca?sar died on Easter Day, 18th
April, 1636, in the seventy-ninth year of his
age, and was buried on the 28th, in the
chancel of the church of Great St. Helen's,
in Bishopsgate Street, where his monument
remains in a state of excellent preservation.
" His character," says Lodge, " presents to
us a picture of the most perfect integrity,
sweetened and adorned by great mildness of
temper, and a constant benevolence. His
understanding was rather grave and solid
than brilliant, and therefore well adapted in
his time to the exercise of a profession, in
which sound and sober reasoning was held
in preference to flippant sarcasms and half
witted repartees. His conduct on the bench
displayed the most earnest desire to do jus-
tice, the most unwearied patience in the
pursuit of it, and a sympathy in the suffer-
ings of the unfortunate which came under
his judicial observation, of which no parallel
instance can be found." His eldest sur\ iving
son and heir,
Sir Charles Adelmare Cesar, knt. born
in 1589, was admitted Doctor of both Laws
in the University of Oxford, 7th December,
1612, and received the honour of knight-
hood, 6th October, in the succeeding year.
Adopting, like his father, the profession of
the law, Sir Charles was eventually ap-
pointed Master of the Rolls.* He
espoused first, Anne, daughter of Sir Peter
Vandlore, knt. an eminent merchant in
London, and by her (who died in 1625) lie
had, to survive infancy, two daughters, Ja-
comina, m. to Sir Henry Anderson, knt. of
Penley ; and Anne, the wife of Henry Le-
vingston, esq. of Much Eldever, in Hants.
Sir Charles wedded, secondly, in 1626, Jain,
daughter of Sir Edward Barkham, knt.
alderman of London, and had issue, to sur-
vive childhood,
Julius, his heir.
Henry, successor to his brother.
Charles, of Great Gransden, in Herts,
b. in 1635-6, who m. in 1662, Joanna,
youngest daughter of Sir Thomas
Leventhorpe, by Dorothy, his wife,
second daughter of Sir Giles Ailing-
ton, of Horseheath, and died in 1707,
leaving issue,
1. Charles, of Great Gransden,
b. in 1664, M.P. for Hertford,
appointed treasurer of the navy
* Among the MSS. of his second son, Charles
Caesar, we find the following entry : " June the
14th, 1640, Sir Charles Caesar, knt. was sworn
Muster of the Rolls in Chancery, or assistant
Judge to the Lord High Chancellor of England,
for which high and profitable office he paid to
King Charles the First, fifteen thousand pounds,
broad pieces of old gold, and lent the king two
thousand more, when he went to meet his rebel-
lious Scotch army, invading England."
in 1710. He m. in 1689, Mary,
relict of — George, esq. and
daughter and heiress of Daniel
Harris, esq. by whom he left at
his demise, in 1726,
Harris, in holy orders, rector
of Kensington, d. unm.
Charles-John, b. in 1697, who
»w. Elizabeth, daughter of
Mr. Vick, a merchant, and
had, with other children,
who all d. young, a daugh-
ter, Elizabeth, who m. Mr.
John Aberdein.a wine mer-
chant of London, and d. in
1833.
Joanna, who d. unm.
Jane, who m. the Rev. James
Musgrave, D.D.
Julia, d. unm.
Susanna, m. to Thomas Ladds,
esq.
2. Henry, b. in 1666, a cursitor in
chancery, <l. num.
3. Dorothy, m. in 1691, to Henry
Bacon, esq. of Burton Latimer,
in Northamptonshire.
Sir Charles Caesar died of the small pox,
6th December, 1642, and was s. by his eld-
est son,
JULIUS Ct.sar, of Bennington Place, in
the county of Herts, who survived his father
but five days, falling a victim to the same
malady ; the estates then devolved upon his
brother,
Sir Henry Adelmare Cesar, knt. of
Bennington Place, M.P. for the county of
Herts, who espoused, in 1649, Elizabeth,
only dau. and heiress of Robert Angel, esq. a
Turkey merchant, and had surviving issue,
Charles, his heir.
Jane, m. to Sir Thomas Pope Blount,
bart. of Tittenhanger.
Sir Henry, " who was endowed," saith
Chauncey, " with good learning, great parts,
a quick apprehension, and a clear and dis-
cerning judgment," died of the small pox in
1667-8, and was s. by his son,
Sir Charles Adelmare C/Esar, knt. of
Bennington Place, M.P. for the town, and
subsequently for the county of Herts. This
gentleman wedded, 3rd September, 1672,
Susannah, daughter and heiress of Sir Tho-
mas Bonfoy, and had three sous and a
daughter, viz.
i. Charles, his heir.
II. Henry, who d. unm.
in. Thomas, who d. young.
iv. Elizabeth, m. first, in 1695. to Sir
Richard Bennet, bart. of Babraham.
and secondly, to Francis Butler, esq.
of Sussex.
Sir Charles d. in 1694. " He was," con-
tinues Sir Henry Chauncey, "very regular
in his life, and orderly in his family. He
EMERSON-TENNENT, OF TEMPO.
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was very generous to all whom he employed,
but seldom pardoned a slight to his person
or a contempt of his business. He kept a
splendid house and a bountiful table for
those who visited him, and was very noble,
yet prudent in his entertainments. He
declined all public employments during
the reigns of King Charles II. and King
James, nor would he contract a friendship
or acquaintance with any he thought scan-
dalous, and abhorred those who would pur-
chase the favour of their prince with the
price of the rights of the people." Sir
Charles's eldest son,
Charles Adelmare Cesar, esq. of Ben-
nington-place,* inherited the most part of
his father's splendid possessions, in the
twenty-first year of his age, in all the pride
of youth, health, and ancestry, and died at
the age of 67, insolvent and broken-hearted,
a melancholy memorial of the ruin of a
once highly flourishing family. He was
returned to parliament for Hertfordshire in
1728, and again in 1736, by immensely ex-
pensive elections, and squandered otherwise
great sums in the support of what was then
called the country party, which he espoused
with vehemence, as well in parliament,
where he was a frequent speaker, as in his
own county. He m. in 1702, Mary, second
daughter of Ralph Freeman, esq. of Aspen-
den Hall, and had issue,
* Mr. Caesar, on inheriting, destroved the ve-
nerable mansion of his ancestors at Bennington,
and built in its stead a palace of modern fashion,
which was burnt to ashes immediatelv after it was
completed, and before it had been inhabited.
Charles Adelmare.
Julius, a major general in the army,
who d. uuni. in 1762.
Mary, who d. unm.
Elizabeth, who also d. unm. in 1790.
The elder son,
Charles Adelmare Cesar, esq. b. in
1703-4, representative of this eminent
family, espoused Jane, only child and heir-
ess of Henry Long, esq. of Bayford Place,
in the county of Herts, and had two daugh-
ters, his co-heirs, viz.
Jane, who m. first, Sir Charles Cottrell
Dormer, knt. of Rousham, in Ox-
fordshire, master of the ceremonies
to King George HI. and secondly,
General the Hon. John Parker, bro-
ther of the Earl of Macclesfield.
Harriot, who wedded Robert Ches-
ter, esq. and was mother of the
present Sir Robert Chester, of
Bush Hall.
Mr. Caesar, who barely lived to witness the
total overthrow of his house, was an officer
of Cavalry, and died in the field of battle.
Arms— Erm. on a chief sa. a griffin pas-
sant arg. quartering the ensigns of Granado,
Saltonstall, Adelmare, Caesar, the Caesarini,
&c. &c.
Crest — A demi griffin rampant ermine,
beak, tongue, talons, and eyes, ppr.
Motto — Vincit qui patitur.
Estates — In Herts.
Town Residence— Somerset-street, Port-
man-square.
Seat— Bush Hall, Herts.
EMERSON-TENNENT, OF TEMPO.
TENNENT-EMERSON, JOHN, esq. of Tempo, in the county of Fermanagh, b.
7th April, 1804, m. 24th June, 1831, Letitia, only daughter of William Tennent,
esq. of Tempo House, and has a daughter,
Eleanor, b. 6th July, 1832.
This gentleman, whose patronymic is Emerson, assumed, upon his marriage, the
additional surname of Tennent. He is member of parliament for Belfast, a justice
of the peace for the counties of Down and Antrim, and a deputy lieutenant of Fer-
managh and of Sligo. Mr. Emerson-Tennent has acquired reputation in the literary
world, under his own name, Emerson, as the author of several volumes of Travels in
the Levant, and a History of Modern Greece.
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EMERSON -TENNENT, OF TEMPO.
Hincage.
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The family of EMERSON came originally
from Foxton, in the county of Durham,
George Emerson, esq. of Ardmore, in
the county of Armagh, was s. by his son,
W ii i.iam Emerson, esq. a merchant at
Belfast, who m. Sarah, youngest daughter
of William Arbuthnot,* esq. of Rockville,
in the county of Down, (by liis cousin, Miss
Scott) and had a son, the present John
Emerson-Tennent, esq.
The family of TENNENT, originally Da-
nand, or Tenand, is of respectability in
Scotland, and the principal branch resides
at Glasgow.
William TENNENT, esq. of Tempo House,
a banker at Belfast, died on the 23rd July,
1832, leaving an only daughter and heiress.
Letitia, who had married, as already
stat. d, James Emerson, esq. now
Mr. Emerson-Tennent.
Arms — For Tennent; arg. a boar's head
erased gules, between three crescents, sa.
For Emerson ; per fesse indented vert and
or, a bend engrailed arg. charged with three
lions passant of the first bezante. On an
escutcheon of pretence, the arms of Ten-
NENT.
Crests — Emerson. A demi-lion rampant
vert, bezante, grasping a battle-axe, gules,
headed arg. Tennent. A boar's head
gules.
Motto — Deus protector noster.
Estates — Francfort, in the county of
Sligo ; and Tempo, in Fermanaghshire. The
latter is said to be the estate and demesne
which are celebrated in Miss Edgeworth's
Castle Rackrent; and in the mansion house
* His grandfather, William A rbuthnot, settled
in Downshire, anno 174.5, having eloped with an
heiress, named Bbuce, from Aberdeenshire, in
that year.
is still shown the room in which Lady Cath-
cart* was imprisoned by her husband, one
of the Maguires of Tempo. The grounds,
though on a small scale, are amongst the
most beautifully laid out in Ireland.
Town Residence — 25, Duke Street, West-
minster.
Seats,— Tempo, county of Fermanagh ;
the Lodge, county of Antrim.
• Note to Edgeworth's " Castle Rackrent."
This part of the history of the Rackrent family
can scarcely be thought credible ; but in justice to
honest Thadv, it is hoped the reader will recollect
the history of the celebrated Lady Cathcart's
conjugal imprisonment. The editor was acquainted
with Colonel Mc Ciuire, Lady Cathcart's hus-
band j he has lately seen and questioned the maid
servant who lived with Colonel Mc Guire during
the time of Lady Cathcart's imprisonment. Her
ladyship was locked up in her own house for many
years, during which period her husband was
visited by the neighbouring gentry, and it was his
regular custom at dinner, to send his compliments
to Lady Cathcart, informing her that the company
had the honor to drink her ladyship's health, and
begging to know whether there was anything at
table that she would like to eat? The answer
was always, " I.adv Cathcart's compliments, and
she has every thing she wants." An instance of
honesty in ii poor Irish woman deserves to be
recorded: Ladv Cathcart had some remarkably
fine diamonds, which she had concealed from her
husband, and which she was anxious to get out of
the house, lest he should discover them. She had
neither servant nor friend to whom she could en-
trust them, but she had observed a poor beggar
woman, who used to come to the house ; she spoke
to her from the window of the room in which she
was confined ; the woman promised to do what
she desired, and Lady Cathcart threw a parcel,
containing the jewels, to her. The poor woman
carried them to the person to whom they were di-
rected ; and several years afterwards, when Lady
Cathcart recovered her liberty, she received her
diamonds safely.
At Colonel Mc Guire's death her ladyship was
released. The Editor, within this year, saw the
gentleman who accompanied her to England after
her husband's death. When she was first told of
his death, she imagined that the news was not
true, and that it was told only with an intention of
deceiving her. At his death she had scarcely
clothes sufficient to cover her; she wore a red
wig, looked scared, and her understanding seemed
stupified; she said that she scarcely knew one
human creature from another ; her imprisonment
lasted above twenty years.
This unhappy lady was the widow of the eighth
Lord Cathcart ; she was his lordship's second
wife, and had no children by him. She was the
widow, when Lord Cathcart married her, of Jo-
seph Sabine, esq. of Tring.
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BENNET, OF LALESTON.
BENNET, JOHN, esq. of Laleston, in the county of Glamorgan, m. 17th July,
1791, Selenah-Maria-Anne, daughter of Jacob Grose,
esq. of Appleshaw, Hants, (brother to Captain Francis
Grose, the celebrated antiquarian and Richmond herald)
by Frances Andrews his wife, of the family of Andrews,
of Porton, in Hampshire, and has issue,
John-Wick, a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for
Glamorganshire, who m. Anna-Maria-Charlotte,
relict of Thomas Wyndham, esq. of Dunraven
Castle, and daughter of Thomas Ashby, esq. by
Charlotte his wife, daughter of Robert Jones, esq.
of Fonmon Castle, in the county of Glamorgan.
Selenah-Catherine-Frances.
Louisa-Mary- Anne.
Caroline-Susan, m. to the Rev. Edward Windsor-
Richards, rector of St. Andrew's and St. Lythan's,
in Glamorganshire, and has issue,
William-Powell Richards.
Caroline-Matilda Richards.
Eliza-Jane Richards.
Ellinor.
Matilda.
Eliza, to. to William Head-Deacon, esq. of Longcross
House, Glamorganshire, and has a son,
Francis-Henry-Head Deacon.
Mr. Bennet s. his father, 13th December, 1801, and served the office of high-sheriff
for the county of Glamorgan, in 1825.
Utntage.
Sir Benet de Penclawdd accompanied
the Conqueror to England, and received for
his services the lordship of Penclawdd, in
Gower, (the western extremity of Glamor-
gan i.
That the family of which we are treating
was settled there at that period, divers re-
cords fully substantiate.
Fuller, in his Church History, pp. 165,
166, quotes a MS. of Thomas Scriven, esq. ;
also Fox, and the Chronicle of John of
Brompton, in proof that, amongst others,
Bonet or Benet was one of " such persons
as after the battle were advanced to seig-
neuries in this land" (Glamorgan).
The following singular extract from the
Harl. MSS. relates to an ancestor of this
familv in 1113 :
" Sir Gr. Benet, he took the of
Ridinges* and twenty whit horses to the
church, of whom the family have a tradition
* N.B. Ridinges is now Rhvddings in Gower.
that he always went to the church upon
white horses, or covered them with white
sheets." A. D. 1113.— Harl. MSS.
There are also deeds now existing of
grants of land in Gower by William Benet,
bearing date respectively 1302 and 1350.
In the Notitia Cambro-Britannica, in pos-
session of the Duke of Beaufort, at Ball-
minton, an entry is made of " Thomas Benet
doing service to the court of Baili glas, at
Brecon, for the manor of Upton Hagarnell."
Sir Humfrey Benet (son of Sir Benet
de Penclawdd), espoused Elinor, daughter
of Morgan Llewellyn ap Ivor, and thus ac-
quired the estate of Kilfigin, in the parish of
Llanbader, in Monmouthshire. He was s.
by his son,
Sir Gervase Benet, father of
Gronwy Benet, who had two sons, viz.
I. Howel Benet, who had a son,
Gronwy Benet, whose son and
successor,
John Gronwy Benet, m. Anne
Kemeys, and was s. by his son,
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BENNET, OF LALESTON.
Howf.l Benet, who m. (22nd Ri-
chard II.) Elizabeth, daughter
of Thomas ap Gwilim Jenkin, of
Llansaintfread, in the county of
Monmouth, by Maud, his wife,
daughter of Sir John Morley, of
Ragland Castle, and had a son
and successor,
William apHowel Benet, whom.
Elizabeth, daughter of William
John Meyric Coch, of Gwent,
and was s. by his son,
William Benet Coch, who m.
Anne, daughter and heiress of
Jerun Gwylim Philip, of Kefn y
Llech, in the county of Mon-
mouth, and had issue,
1. Reynauld, who m. Eliza-
beth, daughter of William
Walton,of Bedfordshire, and
died s. ]>.
2. William, who died, leaving
a son, Thomas Llwyd, who
died s. p.
3. Elizabeth, who hi. Thomas
\\ olphe, of Monmouthshire,
and had a daughter and
heiress, Maud Wolphe, who
wedded Morgan Morice, of
I ski-, in the county of Mon-
mouth, thus coin eying the
Kilfigin property to that
family .
ii. GRIFFITH, founder of the family now
before us.
This
Griffith BENET was s. by his son,
Henry Benet, whom. Maud, daughter of
Henry Basset, of Drymau, in Glamorgan-
shire, and had a son and successor,
Robert Benet, who m. Avis, daughter
and heiress of John Crompe, of Sanctuary,
in Gower, and greal grand-daughter mater-
nally of Caradoc ap Ynir ap Ivor, lord of
1>\ led, ancestor of .Sir Matthew Cradoc, of
Swansea. He was s. by his son,
Richard Benet, who espoused Anne,
daughter of Thomas ap Evan Gwynne, of
Priskedwin, by , his wife, daughter of
Jenkin Turbervill, of Penlline,* and had
issue,
1. William Benet, his heir.
2. Elizabeth, who m. Richard Hearne,
of Pilton, in Glamorganshire, and
had two sons,
Robert Hearne, who in. Margaret
Lippincott, of Devonshire.
Richard Hearne, who m. a daugh-
* By Cecil his wife, dau. of Sir Matthew Her-
bert, of Swansea, by Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas
Gamage : a descendant of this Turbervill, of Pen-
nine, was sheriff of Glamorganshire, in 1550, and
Edmund Gamage, a descendant of Sir Thomas, in
1661'.
ter of Jenkin Franklyn, of Park
y Brueys.
3. Margaret Benet, m. , and had
issue a daughter, m. to Thomas Ni-
cholas ap Rees, ap Leison, ap Rees,
ap Morgan Vychan, ap Caradoc, ap
Jestyn ap Gwrgan, and a daughter
m. Wyborne of Wydgate in Glamor-
ganshire.
Richard Benet's only son,
WILLIAM Benet, in. Isabel, daughter of
Gruffydd Thomas, of Landimore, by Mar-
garet, his wife, daughter of Morgan Mansel,
of Gower, and was succeeded by his son,
John Ben net, esq. who m. Elizabeth,
daughter of David Edw ards, esq. of Dan y
graig, in Glamorganshire, by Catherine ap
Rees, and had issue,
John, who m. a daughter of — Lucas,
esq. of Stout Hall, in Glamorgan-
shire.
David, of whom presently.
\\ illiam, who m. Ellen, daughter of
Rowland Hawkins, of Kilvrough,
and had, with a daughter, in. to John
Stephens, esq. of Eynon'a Fort, a son
Rowland, who wedded Anne, daugh-
ter of Daniel Lloyd, of Blaen y
wrath, and had issue,
1. William, of Sanctuary, who in.
Priscilla, daughter of Rowland
Dau kins, esq, of Kilvrough, and
dying in 1698, left issue,
Rowland, who m. Sarah, dau.
of Manasseh Mathew, esq.
of Swansea, and died in
1714.
Priscilla, m. to William Ri-
chards.
Alary, m. to Thomas Dorset.
2. Mary, who m. — Wyborne, of
Morton, in Glamorganshire, and
had a son,
Robert Wyborne, who m. Ca-
therine, daughter of William
Cradock, esq. of Long Ash,
in Glamorganshire, by Maud,
his wife, daughter of Henry
Bowen, esq. of Court House,
in the county of Glamorgan.
The Cradocks are descended
from Caradoc ap Ynir ap
Ivor, and were seated at
Long Ash temp. Ed. IV.
Margaret, m. to Philip David ap Ri-
chard, of Penmayne.
Alice, m. to John Franklyn, of Lly-
thered.
The second son,
David Bennet, married Anne Lucas,
relict of John Hoskins, esq. of Pitt, in Gla-
morganshire, and died in 1666, leaving two
sons, viz.
I. David, who wedded Mary, daughter
of George Lucas, esq. and had issue,
BENNET, OF LALESTON.
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1 John, of Kettle Hill, who was
sheriff of Glamorganshire in
1695. He m. Maysod,* daugh-
ter of the Rev. Richard Portrey,
rector of Rosilly and Ystrad-
gunlais, by Catherine, his wife,
daughter of Morgan Aubrey,
esq. of Yniskedwin, and left at
his decease, in 1723, an only son
and heir,
John, who died in November,
1726, aged 34, leaving his
whole property from the
right line to his mother,
who m. secondly, 28th May,
1727, William Dawk ins,
esq. of Kilvrough, in Gla-
morganshire, after whose
decease, she settled the es-
tates on Thomas Popkins,
thus totally setting aside
every trace of the original
family.
2. William, who m. Anne, daugh-
ter of George Lucas, esq. of
Hills, and Margaret, his wife,
daughter of Richard Seys,f esq.
of Boverton, in Glamorganshire.
By this lady (who died in 1711)
Mr. Benett had a son,
William, of Hills, whose
daughter,
Mary, m. — Lucas, esq.
of' Stouthall, in Gla-
morganshire.
3. Anne, m. to Richard ap Evan,
esq. of Cae Llena.
4. Mary, m. to Edward Portrey,
esq.
5. Elizabeth, m. to David Thomas,
esq. recorder of Swansea.
ii. John.
The second son,
John Ben net, esq. born in 1630, espoused
Mary Jones, of Laleston, daughter of Cap-
tain Thomas Jones, of Frampton, in Gla-
morganshire, by his wife, Mary Turbervill,};
of Ogmore. By the heiress of Laleston
(who died 10th December, 1726) Mr. Bennet
had issue,
* This lady was great grandaughter of Sir John
AYogan.
t Richard Seys was son and heir of Roger
Sevs, who m. Elizabeth Yoss, heiress of Boverton,
and was attorney-general, temp. Elizabeth.
X This lady lies interred in the parish church
of Laleston, wherein she is described as " Mary
Turbervill, daughter of Thomas Turbervill, of Og^
more, first wife to Thomas Jones, of Laleston, and
late wife to William Thomas, of the same, who
dyed ye 16 day of 8ber A.D. 1670."
John, who died s. p.
Thomas, who m, Hester, daughter and
heiress of William Evans, esq. of
Landebie, in Carmarthenshire, and
had issue,
Mary, m. to Michael Williams,
esq. of Newcastle, sheriff in
1719. She died 20th August,
1717, aged 21.
, in. to Iltid Evans, esq. of
Landebie.
David, who died s. p. 1st December,
1700, aged 28.
William.
Mary. m. first, to Benjamin Watkins,
esq. of Penyr wrlodd, in Brecon-
shire, who died in 1701. She wedded
secondly, William Fleming, esq.
Mr. Bennet died 12th May, 1707, and was
buried in the parish church of Laleston.
His son,
William Bennet, esq. married Mary,
daughter of Richard Llewellyn, esq. of Ynis
y gerwn, in Glamorganshire, and had issue,
John, who died s. p.
Thomas, heir.
David, who d. s. p.
William, successor to his brother.
Jane, m. to Edward Gwynne, esq. of
Llantrissant.
Anne, m. Rev. Robert Davies, rector
of Blaen Baylan, Glamorganshire.
The eldest surviving son and heir,
Thomas Bennet, esq. of Laleston, served
the office of sheriff for Glamorganshire in
1768. He Mi. Mary, daughter of Edward
Walters, esq. of Pitcot, sheriff in 1754, but
dying issueless, 29th January, 1772, was *-.
by his brother,
William Bennet, esq. of Laleston, who
m. first, the daughter of Robert Morris, esq.
of Gnisarwad, high sheriff for Glamorgan-
shire in 1742 ; and secondly, Catherine,
daughter of Edward Wilkins, esq. of Lan-
twit ; by the latter of whom he had issue.
John, his heir.
Thomas, who died s. p.
Mary, m. to Morgan Price Smith, esq.
of Newhouse.
^ ., ' . > who both died unm.
Catherine, >
Mr. Bennet died in 1801, aged 80, and was
s. by his son, the present John Bennet,
esq. of Laleston.
Arms — Arg. three goats' heads erased sa.
barbed and double armed or, langued gu.
Crest — A goat's head, as in the arms.
Motto — Aut nunquam tentes, aut perfice.
Estates — In the counties of Glamorgan
and Carmarthen.
Seat — Laleston House, in Glamorgan-
shire.
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D'ARCY-EVANS, OF KNOCKADERRY HOUSE.
EVANS-D'ARCY, THOMAS, esq. of Knockaderry House, in the county o.
Limerick, m. in 1814, Brabazon, second daughter of Richard Taylour, esq. of Holly
Park, in the county of Limerick. Mr. Evans 5. his father, 24th February, 1797, and
assumed, upon inheriting the fortune of his maternal uncle, Colonel James D'Arcv
the additional surname of D'Arcv.
UrilfflQC.
This is a junior branch of the family of
Evans, of Asli Hill, and Miltown Castle,
(see vol. i. p. 593.)
The Rev.
Thomas Waller Evans, rector of Dun-
manway, in the county of Cork (second son
of Thomas Evans, esq. of Miltown Castle,
M.P. for Castlemartyr, and brother of the
first Lord Carbery, by Mar\, daughter of
James Waller, esq. of Castletown, in the
county of Limerick, governor of Kingsalc,
temp. Queen Annk), m. 21st April, 17t>3.
Catherine, only daughter of James Conycr-
D'Arcy,* esq. of Knockaderry House, in
the county of Limerick, by whom (who d.
13th April, 1804) he had issue,
I. Thomas, his heir.
II. James, who has also assumed the
name of D'Akcy, in. in May, 1800,
Arabella, third daughter of Samuel
Leake, esq. and by her, who died
20th March, 1833, had issue, who
survived infancy.
Thomas D'Arcy, b. 12th March,
1808.
James, b. 1st May, 1812, killed by
a fall from a pony, 10th March,
1823.
* Mr. D'Arcv was lineally descended from
William D'Arcy, of Platin, son of John D'Arcv,
Lord D'Ai cy, a person of great celeb ity in the
reigns of I_jdward I., Edward II., and Edward
111., by his second wife, Joane, daughter of
Richard d^ Burgh, Earl of Ulster. Lord D'Arcy
was Justice of Ireland and Constable of the Tower
of London. See Burke's Extinct and Dormant
Peerage.
John, b. 29th September, 1817.
Catherine, m. 6th July, 1832, to
Kobert Deane Hay, esq. R.N.
Elizabeth, m. 15th August, 1829,
to John Evans Lucas, esq.
Emily-Mary.
Mary- \nne.
Arabella.
III. Eyre,/,/. Kith May, 1821, Elizabeth,
• hl.st daughter of Thomas Austin,
esq. and has issue, Thomas, Eliza-
beth, and Catherine,
iv. John, captain in the 24th regiment,
killed at the battle of Talavera, 26th
July, lh()«>.
v. Elizabeth-Waller.
VI. Catherine, m. in July, 1800, to
Sampson Beamish, esq. of Kilmaloda
House, in the county of Cork.
Mr. Evans died at Dunmanway, 21th Fe-
bruary, 1797, and was s. by his eldest son,
the present Thomas D'Arcy-Evans, esq. of
Knockaderry House.
Arms — Same as Evans, of Portrane ;
quartering az. three cinquefoils, and semee
of cross crosslets arg. for D'Arcy.
Crests — 1st. A demi-lion reguardant or,
bearing between its paws a boar's head
couped sable. 2nd. On a wreath, a spear
broken into three pieces, or, headed arg.
and banded together by a ribband gules.
Motto — Libertas.
Estates — In the county of Limerick.
Seat — Knockaderry House, near New-
castle, in the county of Limerick.
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RADCLIFFE, OF WARLEGH.
RADCLIFFE, THE REV. WALTER, of Warlegh, in the county of Devon, m.
1st February, 1812, Abby-Emma, daughter of Abraham Franco, esq. and sister of
Sir Ralph Lopes, of Maristow, by whom he has issue,
Waltf.r-Copleston. Sarah-Lydia.
Copleston-Lopes. Charlotte-Hester.
Williani-Pollexfen. Emma-Admonition.
Mr. Radcliffe, who is a magistrate for Devonshire, inherited the estates at the demise
of his uncle, in June, 1805.
Hincage.
husband Humphrey Granes) he
left at his decease in 1664 with a
younger son John, who died un-
married in 1668, a successor,
Walter, of London, and of
Navestock, in Essex, who
m. Mrs. Jane Coningsby,
and dying in 1683, left, to
survive him, three daughters,
his co-heirs, viz. Jane, Anne,
and Frances.
n.
John Radcliffe, of Kingset, in the
county of Devon, held lands, &c. in King-
set, and in Maritavy, of the Queen, by ser-
vice of fealty. He m. and had, with younger
children,
John, of Colompton, in Devon, aged
thirty years at his father's death. He
died in 1584, and had issue,
1. Mary, m. to Thomas Skinner,
esq.
2. Prudence.
3. Joan.
4. Rebecca.
5. Susanna.
William.
John Radcliffe died 6th October, 1560, (inq.
post mortem taken at the Castle of Exeter,
4th October, Elizabeth). His second son,
William Radcliffe, esq. of Exeter,
merchant, who m. Miss Horsie, of Dorset,
and had issue,
I. Walter, of Exeter, merchant, who
had, with a daughter Mary, wife of
John Osborne, esq. a son,
Walter, of London, who m. Eliza-
beth, daughter of John Heather,
esq. alderman of London, by
whom (who m. for her second
ill. Jasper.
iv. Mary, m. to Philip Payne, merchant
of London.
v. Elizabeth, m. to Edward Hungerford,
esq. of Barton Place, Exeter.
The third son,
Jasper Radcliffe, esq. of Hockworthy
Court, in the county of Devon, who m.
Mary, daughter of William Franklin, esq.
of Middlesex, barrister at law, and left, at
| his decease, aged seventy-eight, an only sou
and heir,
Jasper Radcliffe, esq. of Hockworthy
Court, and Frankly n, in Devon. This gen-
tleman espoused Jane, daughter of Solomon
Andrews, esq. of Lyme Regis, in Dorset-
shire, and had issue,
Jasper, 1
Andrew, > successive inheritors.
Walter, )
Jane, m. to — Wills, esq.
Mary. m. first, to ■ — Kemp, esq. ; and
secondly, to — Gregor, esq. of Corn-
wall.
Elizabeth, m. to — Banbury, esq.
Martha, m. 18th May, 1721, to the Rev.
John Fursman, A.M. of Exeter.
Sarah, died young.
Mr. Radcliffe, who served the office of high
sheriff for the county of Devon in 1696, died
in Dec. 1704, and was s. by his eldest son,
Jasper Radcliffe, esq. of Hockworthy
Court, at whose decease, unmarried, in
1710, the estates devolved on his next bro-
ther,
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BAGSHAWE, OF WORMHILL HALL.
Andrew Radcliffe, esq. who also died
unmarried before 9th November, 1726, and
was s. by his only brother,
Walter Radcliffe, esq. of Franklin,
baptized at St. Thomas's, near Exeter, 27th
June, 1693, who purchased in 1741 from
John Bampfylde, esq. of Hestercombe, the
estate of Warleigh, in Devon. He m.
12th September, 1721, Admonition, second
daughter of William Bastard, esq. of Gras-
ton, in Devon, and grand-daughter of Sir
William Bastard, knt. by Grace, daughter
of Sir John Bampfylde, bart. and Gertrude
Copleston, his wife, heiress of Warlegh.
By her he had issue,
James, who pre-deceased his father,
unmarried.
W ILTER, > successiveiy « 0f Warlegh."
John, S
W illiam, slain at Warburgh in 1760,
unmarried.
Pollexfen, who died in infancy.
Copleston, in holy orders. M.A. rector
of Stoke Clemsland, in Cornwall, and
near ofTamerton Foliott, in Devon-
shire, who m. Sarah, daughter of
Samuel Peter. esq. of Percothan, in
Cornwall, (1>\ Sarah, his wife, heiress
of Edvi aid Hoblyn, esq. of Plymouth,
and of Colquite, in Cornwall,) and
left, at his decease in 1806, three
Bona and three daughters, viz.
\\ m.i'er, heir to Ids uncle.
John, of New Lin, in Middlesex,
who died 30th October, 1831,
leaving one son and two daugh-
ters, viz.
1. John-William.
2. Anne-Grace- Admonition.
3. Margaret- Jane.
Copleston, a captain in. the royal
navy, who was killed in 1814 in
boarding an American schooner
at Fort Eric, in North America.
Sarah-Anne.
Admonition-Peter.
Gertrude- Joanna.
Ann-Grace, who died unmarried in
1781.
Admonition, died unmarried in 1741.
Jane. »t. in 1761 to the Rev. John Foote,
of Beer Ferry, Devonshire, and died
in 1770.
Joanna, m. to Richard Stone, esq. of
Bodmin, and d. in 1792.
Mary, m. to Aaron Ramsay, of Duns-
liere, Devon, and died in 1804.
Martha, died young.
Mr. Radcliffe dying Kith November, 1752,
was buried at Tamerton Foliott, and s. by
his eldest son,
\\ ilter Radcliffe, esq. of Warlegh,
born at Franklin in 1733. who died unmar-
ried 9th April, 1803, and was *-. by his bro-
ther,
John Radcliffe, esq. of Warlegh, born
in 173."), at whose decease, in June, 1605, the
famil] (.-tates devolved upon his nephew,
the presenl Rev. Walter Radcliffe, of
\\ arlegh.
I r»M — Arg. a bend engrailed sa. a canton
of the first, charged with a horse's head, sa.
( Vest — On a mural crown a bull's head.
Motto — Ceteris major qui melior.
Iwtates — In Devon.
Seat — Warlegh, Plymouth.
BAGSHAWE, OF WORMHILL HALL, AND OF THE OAKES.
BAGSHAWE, WILLIAM-JOHN, esq. M.A. of Wormhill Hall, and of the Oakes,
in Norton, both in the county of Derby, barrister-at-law,
b. 13th April, 1793, m. 12th October, 1822, Sarah, third
daughter of William Partridge, esq. of Bishop's Wood,
in Herefordshire, and has had issue,
William-Leonard-Gill, b. 18th October, 1828.
Francis-Westby, b. 4th April, 1832.
Sarah-Ellena, d. in infancy.
Sarah-Alicia.
Elizabeth-Ursula.
Caroline-Anne.
Helen-Gertrude.
Mr. Bagshawe succeeded his father, Sir William Cham-
bers-Bagshawe, 29th June, 1832. He is a magistrate
for Derbyshire, and the West Riding of Yorkshire, and a
deputy-lieutenant for the former county.
BAGSHAWE, OF WORMHILL HALL.
29
Hmcagc.
John de i.' Hall, of Hucklow (whose
ancestor of the same name was, by deed
dated 1349, forester to the king), held lands
in Wormhill as forester of Peak Forest.
His daughter and co-heiress,
Alice de l' Hall, espoused Nicholas
Bagshavve, of Abney, in the county of
Derby, and in 1449, Johanna and Cecilia,
the other co-heirs, conveyed their claim to
certain lands in Wormhill, " cum Sec. qua;
nobis descenderunt jure et heritagio post
decessum dicti Johannis Patris nostri et
quas jacent in villa et in campis de Worm-
hill, Nicholao Bagshawe, de Wormhill,
et AlicijE, uxori suae." The son and heir
of this marriage,
William Bagshawe, of Abney, wedded
a daughter of — Browne, of Chapel en le
Frith, in Derbyshire, and had a son and
successor,
Nicholas Bagshawe, of Abney, who m.
Elizabeth, daughter of Humphrey Rugge-
ley, of Longden, in Staffordshire, and had
(with four younger sons, William, Osmond,
Robert, and Thomas,)
1. Nicholas, of Farewell, in Stafford-
shire, who m. Jane, daughter of Ro-
bert Lynacre, and had two daughters,
Elizabeth, b. in 1576, m. to
Saunders.
Margaret, m. to — Harcourt, and
d. in 1659.
2. Edward.
The second son,
Edward Bagshawe, esq. of Abney, mar-
ried Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Greatorix,
of Greatorix, and was s. by his eldest son,
Nicholas Bagshawe, esq. of Abney, who
wedded Isabell, daughter of Robert Ben-
bridge, of Wormhill, and had a son and
successor,
Henry Bagshawe, esq. of Abney, who
espoused Ann, daughter of Robert Barker,
esq. of Abney, and was s. by his son,
William Bagshawe, esq. of Litton, Great
Hucklow, and Abney, born in 1598. This
gentleman m. first, Jane, daughter of Robert
Oldfield, of Litton, and had, with several
daughters, seven sons to survive infancy, viz.
I. William, of Ford, B.A. a non-con-
formist minister, called the "Apostle
of The Peak," who m. Agnes, daugh-
ter of Peter Barker, of Darley, in
Derbyshire, and dying in 1702, was
buried in the chancel of the Chapel
en le Frith. By Agnes, his wife,
who died in 1701, he left a son and
successor,
Samuel, of Ford, who m. 20th
April, 16S5, Sarah, daughter
and co-heir of Samuel Child,
esq. of Holmes, by Faith, his
wife, daughter of William Spen-
cer, esq. of Attercliffe Hall, and
had, with younger children,
I. William, b. in 1686, who
m. Mary, daughter of John
Wingfield, esq. of Hazel-
barrow, and d. s. p. in 1756.
ii. Samuel, b. 1st January,
1689, a colonel in the army,
who m. Catherine, daughter
of Sir John Caldwell, hart,
of Castle Caldwell, and left
issue, at his demise in 1762,
1. Samuel, of Ford Hall,
b. in 1756, and d. s. p.
16th May, 1804.
2. John, of The Oakes,
baptized 11th June,
1758, and d. at Staines,
29th August, 1801.
3. William, in holy or-
ders, incumbent of
Wormhill Chapel and
of Banner Cross, in the
county of York, b. 6th
January, 1763. He m.
Ann, dau. of Samuel
Foxlowe, esq. of Stave-
ly, and has had issue,
" William, b. 15th De-
cember, 1803, and
d. 9th November,
1818.
Mary - Catherine -
Anne, m. 24th Sep-
tember, 1829, to
Henry - Mawood,
second son of Geo.
Bustard Greaves,
esq.
II. Michael,
in. Henry,
iv. Thomas,
v. Robert, who m. a daughter of John
Taylor, esq.
vi. John, of Great Hucklow, high she-
riff for Derbyshire in 1696, who m.
first, Grace, daughter of Henry
Bright, esq. of the county of York,
and had issue,
William, of Hucklow, whose issue
is now extinct.
Gertrude, in. to George Beaumont,
esq. of The Oaks, in Darton,
ancestor of the Beaumonts, of
Bretton Hall.
He wedded secondly, Elizabeth, dau.
of Samuel Cotes, esq. of Nottingham,
and had four sons, who died issue-
less, and a daughter, Elizabeth, in.
30
BAGSHAWE, OF WORMHILL HALL.
to Alexander Radcliffe, esq. of Fox
Darton.
vii. Adam.
The youngest son,
Adam Bagshawe, esq. of Wormhill Hall,
living in 1707, espoused Alice, daughter of
Richard Tor, esq. of Goosehill Castleton,
Derbyshire, and had issue,
Adam, his heir, who m. first, Margaret,
daughter and heiress of Thomas Nul-
tall, esq. and secondly, Elizabeth,
daughter of Paul Webster, esq. of
Chesterfield. He d. 24th May, 1729,
leaving an onlv child,
Margaret, 'b. 20th April, 1710,
m. to Robert Radcliffe, esq. of
Fox Darton, in Lancashire, and
d. 16th November, 1736.
Richard, of whom presently.
William, baptized in December, 1679,
and d. 23rd September, 1751.
John, British consul at Genoa, baptized
28th March, 1681, d. in 1737.
Susanna, m.to Richard Heathcote, esq.
ofTaxall, in Staffordshire.
Elizabeth, (>. 9th October, 1676, m. to
Thomas Birtles, esq.
The second son,
Richard Bagshawe, esq. of Castleton,
born 14th March, 1075, Berred the office of
sheriff for the county of Derby, in 1721.
He m. Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of
Henry Gill, esq. of The (Jakes, by his wife,
Ursula, daughter and heiress of William
Drake, esq. of Cotes Hall, in the West
Riding of Yorkshire, and had several chil-
dren, viz.
Henry, died in infancy.
Richard, heir to his father.
Adam, d. young.
William, £ successjve inheritors.
John, )
Ursula, b. in 1703.
Elizabeth, d. unm. in 1778.
Alicia, twin with Ellena, b. 13th April,
1710, in. 17th October, 1730, to John
Fell, esq. of Attercliffe, but d. s. p.
Ellena, who in. William Chambers, of
Hull, M.D. and had issue,
1. Richard Chambers, d. unm. in
1741.
2. William Chambers, also d. un-
married, in 1782.
3. Elizabeth Chambers, b. 15th
November, 1734, who wedded
Ralph Darling, esq. of Kingston-
upon-Hull, and d. 14th Febru-
ary, 1799, leaving issue,
William Chambers Darling,
of whom presently, as in-
heritor of the Bagshawe es-
tates.
Helen, who d. unmarried.
Elizabeth, m. to Joshua Jar-
vis, esq. of Hull, and d. s. p.
Anne, in. to Thomas White-
head, esq. of Hull, and d.s.p.
4. Ursula Chambers, d. young.
5. Ellen Chambers, d. unmarried,
in 1820.
6. Alice Chambers, d. young, in
1749.
7. Anne Chambers, d. unmarried,
in 1783.
Mary, m. to John Howarth, esq. of
Manchester, and had a daughter,
Sarah Howarth, who wedded, in 1775,
the Hon. Edward Perceval, a younger
son of the second Earl of Egmout.
Richard Bagshawe d. in 1750, and was s.
by his son,
Richard Bagshaw, esq. gentleman usher
of the privy-chamber and a magistrate for
Derbyshire, who at. Mary, daughter of John
Simpson, esq. of Babworth, in Notts, but
dying s. p. the representation of the family
devolved on his next brother,
W illiam Bagshaw, esq. b. in October,
1713, a justice of the peace for the West
Hiding of Yorkshire and for the county of
Derby. He died unmarried, 30th June,
17s.'). ;md was s. by his brother,
John Bagshaw, esq. of The Oakes, born
19th June, 17 1 5, at whose decease, unmar-
ried, the family estates passed to his grand-
nephew,
William Chambers Dalling, M. D. —
(Refer to issue of El ii\ \, daughter of Ri-
chard Bagshawe, who was sheriff of Derby-
shire in 1721.) Dr. Dalling, who was born
19th February, 1771, assumed, by sign ma-
nual, in 1801, the surname and arms of Bag-
shawe. In 1805 he was high sheriff of Der-
byshire, and during that year received the
honour of knighthood. Sir William m. 3rd
May, 1792, Helen, second daughter of Na-
thaniel Ridgard, esq. of Gainsborough, in
the county of Lincoln, and had issue,
William-John, his heir.
Henry-Ridgard, M. A. barrister at law,
born 1st November, 1799, m. Catha-
rine-Elizabeth, daughter of John
Gunning, esq. and has issue,
1. William-Henrv Gunning, born
18th August, 1825.
2. John-Bernard.
3. Edward-Gilpin.
4. Catherine-Helen.
Edward-Benjamin, in holy orders, M.A.
rector of Eyam, in the county of
Derby, born 15th October, 1800, in.
8th June, 1826, Jane, fourth daugh-
ter of William Partridge, esq. of
Bishop's Wood, Herefordshire, and
has issue,
1. Edward- Arthur, b. 18th Febru-
ary, 1830.
2. William-Perceval.
Charles-Frederic, in holy orders, M. A.
chaplain to the New Bailey, Man-
BOURNE, OF IIILDERSTONE HALL.
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Chester, born 28th October, 1801, »<.
21st August, 1830, Elizabeth -Ann,
daughter of George Hobson, esq. of
London and Yorkshire, and has issue.
Richard Chambers, born 25th March,
1805, died in Jamaica in 1827.
Samuel-Robinson, lieutenant 7th regi-
ment Bengal native infantry, born
28th July 1806, m. 6th December,
1826, Miss Roache, and has issue.
Francis-Darling, lieutenant 5th regi-
ment Bombay native infantry, born
18th June, 1807.
Edmund-Lloyd, born 8th December,
1808.
Augustus-Adam, born 27th February,
1815.
Caroline, m. 13th May, 1817, to John
Frederic Foster, esq. barrister at
law, a magistrate for Lancashire, and
has issue.
Mary Ann, m. in January, 1817, Wil-
liam Foster, esq. of Kempstone, in
Bedfordshire, by whom (who died
in 1829) she has a son, Frederick.
Foster, born 17th June, 1818.
Charlotte-Helen, who in. 13th August,
1827, the Rev. Isaac Dixon, vicar of
Carton, in Holderness, and has issue.
Georgiana-Jubilee, m. to Charles Her-
bert White, lieutenant 8th Bengal
light cavalry, and has issue.
Emily.
Sir William Chambers Bagshawe, who was
a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for the
West Riding of Yorkshire, and for the
county of Derby, and also in the commission
of the peace for Lancashire, died 29th June,
1832, and was s. by his eldest son, the present
Willi am-John Bagshawe, esq. of Wormhill
Hall, and of the Oakes.
Arms — Per pale erminois and gu. a bugle
stringed between three roses, all counter-
changed, barbed and seeded, ppr. quartering
the ensigns of Gill, Westby, and Drake.
Crest — A dexter cubit arm issuing out of
the clouds, the hand ppr. holding a bugle
horn, or, the handle sa. within the strings a
rose gu.
Motto — Forma, flos ; fama, flatus.
Estates — Wormhill Hall, in the parish
of Tideswell ; Goosehill Hall. Castleton ;
and the Oakes, in Norton, all in the county
of Derby.
Seats — The Oakes, in Norton, near Shef-
field ; Wormhill Hall, near Buxton.
BOURNE, OF HILDERSTONE HALL.
BOURNE, RALPH, esq. of Hilderstone Hall, in the county of Stafford, b. 2nd
March, 1772, m. 21st December, 1793, Sarah, daughter of Thomas Bagnall, esq. of
an ancient family in the same shire, and relict of William Baker, esq. by whom he
has an only son,
James, b. 17th July, 1796.
This gentleman, who is an acting magistrate and deputy lieutenant for the county of
Stafford, has founded and endowed a beautiful Gothic church and school, at Hilder-
stone.
Htncage.
James Bourne, esq. of Fenton, in the
parish of Stoke-upon- Trent, in the county
of Stafford, descended from a respectable
family in that shire, espoused, in 1766, Jane,
daughter of John Dayson, esq. of Shelton,
by Mary, his wife, relict of James Stanna-
way, esq. and had issue,
Ralph, his heir.
John, of Fenton, merchant, b. 4th April,
1774.
Charles, of Fenton, merchant, b. 21st
November, 1776, who m. in 1798,
Mary, daughter of William Edwards,
esq. of Lane Delph, in the county of
Stafford, and has Charles, Ralph,
John, Mary, and Charlotte.
Molly, m. 4th October, 1794, to William
Baker, esq. of Fenton, anil had issue.
£ © # /
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FRANCE, OF BOSTOCK HALL.
Charlotte, m. in 1804, to John Pratt,
esq. of Lane Delph, and had issue.
Mr. Bourne d. 23rd August, 1789, and was
huried at Stoke-upon-Trent. His eldest son
and successor is the present Ralph BoORNE,
esq. of Hilderstone Hall.
Amis — Arg. on a mount vert, and in base
harry wavy of four of the field and azure, a
castle, triple towered gu. two Haunches of
the last; on a chief nebuly of the third, the
sun in splendour between two estoiles of the
first.
Crest — On a mount vert, a Pegasus sa-
liant per fess or and gu. charged on the
body with two fountains ppr. in the mouth
a trefoil slipped vert.
Motto — Ha?c omnia transeunt.
Estates — The manor of Hilderstone and
Spot Grange, in the parish of Stone, and
Fenton Culvert and Fenton Vivian, in the
parisli of Stoke, in the count] of Stafford.
Scat — Hilderstone Hall, Staffordshire.
FRANCE, OF BOSTOCK HALL.
FRANCE, JAMES-FR \M'E, esq. of Bostock Hall, in the county of Chester, b.
2nd February, 1794, inherited the estates at the decease of his father, in 1816. This
gentleman, a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for the county of Chester, served the
office of high sheriff in 1821.
N t f t
THOMAS HayhijRST, esq. of a Lancashire
family, inheriting the fortune of his uncle,
James France, esq. of Everton, assumed, in
1790, in compliance with the testamentary
injunction of that gentleman, the surname
and arms of FRANCE. He had issue,
i. James-France, his heir.
II. Thomas, in holy orders, who m. in
1831, Helen, eldest daughter of John
Hosken-Harper, esq. of Davenham
Hall, in the county of Chester.
III. Henry-Hayhurst, a captain in the
6th regiment of dragoon guards.
iv. Sarah, m. to William Wallace Cur-
rie, esq. son of the late Dr. Currie.
v. Ellen.
VI. Elizabeth, ?//. to Stanley Perceval,
esq. of Liverpool.
VII. Marianne,///, to M vies, eldest son
of \l\les Sandys, esq. of Graythwaite
Hall, Lancashire.
\in. Frances.
ix. Harriet, m. to George Littledale,
esq. late of Sandown.
x. Caroline, m. to John, son of John
Hamilton, esq. of Ham House, in
the county of Dublin.
Mr. (Hay hurst) France d. 24th January,
181(>, and was*, by hi> eldest son, the pre-
sent James-France France, esq. of Bos-
tock Hall.
Arms — Arg. on a mount in bcise, a hurst
ppr. a chief wavy az. charged with three
fleurs-de-lis, or.
Crest — A mount, thereon a hurst, as in the
arms, from the centre tree a shield pendant
gules, charged with a fleur-de-lis or, strap
azure.
Motto — Virtus semper viridis.
Estates — The manors of Bostock, Leigh-
ton, Stublage, Draklow, Earnshaw, &c. with
estates in the townships of Moulton, Whar-
ton, and Minshull Vernon, all in Cheshire.
The Everton estate, with a mansion and
lands in Westmorland, called Whittington
Hall, was sold by the present Mr. France.
Seat — Bostock Hall, near Middlewich.
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CARY, OF TORR ABBEY.
CARY, HENRY-GEORGE, esq. of Ton- Abbey, in the county of Devon, b. 5th
October, 1800, m. 12th July, 1827, Emily- Munro, only child of Robert Shedden,
esq. of Brooklands, in Hampshire, and has issue,
Robert-Shedden-Sulyarde, b. 22nd June, 1828.
Henry-Fraser-Lovat, b. 4th November, 1833.
Mellieent-Maria-Jolmes.
Agatha-Edith- Dottin.
Mr. Cary, who is a magistrate for the county of Devon, inherited at the decease of his
uncle.
Umcaqe.
of&-r
The ancient family of Cary derives its
surname from the manor of Cary, or Kari,
as it is called in Domesday Book, lying in
the parish of St. Giles in the Heath, near
Launceston.
In the year 1198, according to Sir William
Pole,
Adam de Karry, was Lord of Castle
Karry, in the county of Somerset. He m.
Amy, daughter of Sir William Trevet, knt.
and left a son and successor,
John Karry, whose wife was Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir Richard Stapleton, knt.
The son and heir of this marriage,
William Karry, was found at his decease
in the 31st of Edward I. seised of the
manor of West Pol worth, and his widow
possessed of those of Paveston and Karry,
near Tavistock. This lady's maiden name
was (Alice) Beaumont, and she was the
daughter of Sir William Beaumont, knt.
Their son and heir,
John, or William Karry, wedded Phi-
liopa, daughter of Sir Warkie Archdeacon,
knt. and Lad two sons, viz. Sir William
Karry, knt. the husband of Margaret, dau.
of Richard Bozom, of Clovelly, in the county
of Devon, aud
Sir John Cary, knt. who, with his
brother Sir William, represented the county
of Devon in Parliament, in the 36th and
42nd Edward III. He espoused, first, Ag-
nes, daughter of Lord Stafford, but had no
issue. He wedded, secondly, Jane, daugh-
ter and co-heir of Sir Guy de Bryen, knt.
(by Ann his wife, daughter and heir of
William Holwey, esq. of Holwey) and left
a son,
Sir John Cary, of Holwey, in the county
of Devon, who was made a baron of
the exchequer by King Richard II. " In
this post," says Prince, " he continued
many years, manifesting in all his actions
an inflexible virtue and honesty. And,
indeed, it fell out at last that he had an
extraordinary occasion laid before him, for
the proof and tryal thereof; upon which
we find he proved as true as steel, for the
greatest dangers could not affright him from
his duty and loyalty to his distressed master,
King Richard II., unto whom he faithfully
adhered when most others had forsaken
him : to his present loss indeed, but to his
future eternal renown. For in the catas-
trophe of that king's reign, this reverend
judge, unable and unwilling to bow, like a
willow, with every blast of wind, did freely
and confidently speak his mind. He op-
posed the proceedings for procurators, in
regard to his oath, to take King Richard's
resignation, his true and undoubted sove-
reign. This cause he pursued with so much
zeal and earnestness, that at the entrance of
Henry IV. into the English crown, about
the year of our Lord 1400, he was by that
prince banished his country, and his goods
and lands were confiscated." He m. Marga-
ret, daughter and heir of Robert Holloway,
and died possessed of Cockiugton and
D
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CARY, OF TORR ABBEY.
Clovelly, at the former of which he prin-
cipally "resided. His son and successor,
Sir Robert Cary, knt.* wedded, first,
Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Philip Courtenay,
of Powderham, in Devonshire, which lady
dying without issue, he m. secondly, Jane,
daughter of Sir William Hanchford, knt.
and widow of — Wadham. A proof of the
great prowess in arms of this gallant knighl
is recorded in the following exploit: " In
the beginning of the reign of Henry V. a
certain knight-errand of Arragon, having
passed through divers countries, and per-
formed many feats of arms, to his high com-
mendation, arrived here in England, where
he challenged any man of his rank and
quality to make tryal of his valor and skill
in arms. This challenge Sir Robert Cary
accepted; between whom a cruel encounter
and a long and doubtful combat was waged,
in Smithfield, London. But at length, this
noble champion vanquished the presump-
tuous Arragonois ; for which King Hivky
V. restored unto him good part of his father's
lands, which, for his Loyalty to h'uii/ RICH-
ARD II., he had been deprived of by King
Henry IV.; and authorized him to bear the
arms of the knight of Arragon, viz. ' In a
field silver, on a bend sa. three white roses,'
which the noble posterity of this gentleman
continue to wear unto this day ; fur. accord-
ing to the laws of heraldry, whosoever
fairly in the field conquers bis ad\ei>ar\
may justify the bearing of his arms."
Sir Robert was s. at his decease by his son,
Sir Philip Cart, knt. of Cockington, in
the county of Devon, who m. Christian, dau.
and heir of William Orchard, of Orchard,
in Somersetshire, by whom (who wedded,
secondly, Walter Portman, see p. G2, vol. i).
he had a son and successor,
Sir William Cary, knt. who fell in the
battle of Tewkesbury, anno 1471, fighting
under the banner of Lancaster. He bad
wedded, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
William Paulet, of Ilinton St. Oeorge, in
the county of Somerset, and had a son,
Robert, his heir. His second wife was
Alice, daughter of Sir Baldwin Fulford, of
Fulford, in the county of Devon, knt. and
by her he was father of
Thomas Cary, of Chilton Foliot, in the
countyr of Wilts, who in. Margaret,
daughter and heir of Sir Robert Spen-
cer, knt. by Alianore, daughter and
co-heir of Edmond Beaufort, Duke of
Somerset, (refer to Burke's Extinct
Peerage) and had issue,
1. John (Sir), of Pleshy, and of
Thremhall Prioiy, in Essex, m.
Joyce, dau. of Thomas Denny,
esq. of Cheshunt, in the county
* Sir Robert's brother was Bishop of Exeter.
of Hertford, sister of Sir An-
thony Denny, knt. and relict of
William Walsingham, and had
Wymond (Sir), of Snettisham,
in Norfolk, who m. Cathe-
rine, daughter and co-heir
of Sir John Jernegan (now
Jerningham), and relict of
Henry Crune, of Chilling-
ton, esq. but died issueless,
13th April, 1612.
Edward (Sir), of Berkham-
stead, in the county of Hert-
ford, master of the Jewel
Office to Queen Elizabeth,
and to King James I. m.
Catherine, daughter of Sir
Henry Knevit, knt. and his
eldest son,'
Sir Henry Cary, knt.
was created Viscoint
Fai t.ki.and, in Scot-
land.
2. William, m. to Mary,+ youngest
daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyne,
Earl <>f Wiltshire and Ormonde,
and sister of ANNE Boi.eyne,
the unhappy consort of Henry
VIII. by whom (who wedded
secondly, Sir William Stafford,
knt.) he had a son,
Henry Gary,} who was cre-
ated by his cousin, Queen
Elizabeth, Baron Huns-
den. See Burke's Extinct
Peerage.
Sir William Cary was s. by his elder son,
Robert Cary, esq. of Cockington, who
wedded, first, Jane, daughter of Sir Ni-
cholas Carew, knt. and had two sons,
namely,
I. John, of Cary, who m. Jane, daugh-
ter and heir of Edmund Devick, esq.
of Oakhampton, and had issue,
* lie had two other sons, Sir Adolphus Cary
who died without issue, and Sir Philip Cary.
of Marrowbone Park, Middlesex, whose son
John Gary, esq. of Stanwell, master of the buck
hounds to King Charles II. had two sons, who
both died in boyhood, and two daughters, Eliza-
isi in m. to Sir Humphrey Briggs, bart. of Haugh-
ton, in the county of Salop, and Anne, to. to Wil-
liam, sixth Lord Willoughby, of Parham.
t At Torr Abbey is preserved the valuable
pedigree drawn up by the Herald's College, at
the express order of Queen Anne Boleyn. It
beoins thus, " This pedigree contains a brief of
that most ancient family and surname of the
Carves, of Carve, in the countie of Devon, and it
shows that how the family was connected with
the noble houses of Beau ford, Beauchamp, Spen-
cer, Somerset, Bryan, Fulford, Orchard, Hol-
way, &c.
| His fourth son, Robert Cary, was created
Earl of Monmouth.
CARY, OF TORR ABBEY
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1. Robert, his heir, who in. a
daughter of Alexander Walla-
comb, and had two sons, Laun-
celot and Richard.
2. Thomas, m. Elizabeth, daughter
of Sir John Fulford, knt. and
widow of Humphrey Arundel,
and had several children.
3. John, d. s. p.
4. Mary , m. to Humphrey Stevens.
5. Elizabeth, to. to Thomas Wal-
ton, of Somersetshire.
II. Thomas, of whom presently, as in-
heritor of Cockington.
Robert Cary to. secondly, Agnes, daughter
of Sir William Hody, knt. of Pillesdou, in
the county of Dorset, and had a son,
III. William, who to. Joan, daughter of
John Herle, esq. of Prideaux, in
Cornwall, and had two sons, Robert
and William.
He espoused, thirdly, Margaret, daughter
and heir of William Fulkeram, esq. of
Dartmouth, and had another son,
IV. Robert, upon whom he conferred
Clovelly, in the north of Devon. This
gentleman to. Margaret, daughter of
John Milliton, esq. of Pengarseke,
in the county of Cornwall, and dying
about the year 1579, was s. by his
eldest son,
George Cary, of Clovelly,* which
residence (vide Risdon) conti-
nued in the name of Cary until
the year 1724.
The second son of Robert Cary, sen.
Thomas Cary, esq. inherited the lands of
Cockington and Chilson. He espoused
Mary, daughter of John Southcot, esq. of
Bovy Tracy, in Devonshire, and had issue,
i. George (Sir), his heir.
II. Richard, living in 1614.
ill. Gregory.
IV. Arthur.
V. John, of Dudley, in the county of
Stafford, to. a daughter of — Norton,
and had issue,
1. John, married, and left issue.
2. Edward, of whom presently, as
part inheritor of the property of
his uncle, Sir George Caiy, the
lord-deputy.
3. Thomas, of Moushall, in the
county of Stafford, to. Martha,
daughter of William Steward, of
Rowley, in the same shire, and
died in 1644. He was father of
John Cary, of Ditchley, in
Oxfordshire, who to. Jane,
* The parish church, which adjoins the man-
sion, now called Clovelly Court, and the property
of Sir James Hamlvn, bart. is filled with the
monuments of the Cary family, as is also Cock-
ington Church, in the parish of Torr.
daughter of Richard Nan-
fant, of the county of Glou-
cester, and dying in 1664,
left several sons.
Edward Cary, of Moushall.
4. Edward, d. s. p.
5. George, who inherited Cock-
ington, and the remainder of his
uncle, the lord deputy's, estates,
to. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
Edward Seymour, bart. of Berry
Pomeroy , in the county of Devon ,
and had, with three younger
sons and a daughter,
Sir Henry Cary, knt. This
gentleman was sheriff of the
county of Devon in the 1 8th
of Charles I. and during-
the civil wars devoted him-
self and his fortune to the
services of that unhappy
prince. Having thus con-
sumed a considerable estate
when the royal cause fell,
he was forced to fly his na-
tive land. The house of
Stuart was not, however,
unmindful of such disinte-
rested devotion, for when
the Duke of Ormond, in a
succeeding reign, appeared
off Torr Bay, he assured
the family, on the part of
his royal master, The Che-
valier, of that prince's
recognition of their great
services, and of his wish to
grant them high honors, and
honorable indemnification,
in pledge of which he had
sent them his father, King
James the Second's picture,
with that of his mother, the
queen, inclosed in a silver
box. This memorial* is
now preserved at Follaton
House.
6. Dudley, married and had issue.
Thomas Cary was succeeded at his decease
by his eldest son,
Sir George Cary, knt. of Cockington,
treasurer of Ireland, and afterwards lord-
deputy. " Sir George Cary, upon what
motive or encouragement I do not find," says
Prince, in his Worthies of Devon, " went
into Ireland, where he grew in great esteem
with the government, and was preferred
* It has heen asserted, and not without proba-
bility, that the miniatures of James II. and his
queen, which are in the possession of some fami-
lies to this day, were given as assurances, or more
properly speaking, as royal bonds for monies lent,
and estates alienated, in the service of the royal
house of Stuart.
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CARY, OF TOR It ABBEY.
treasurer of wars, an high and honourable
post in that kingdom, in which he did con-
tinue several years, even to the death of Eli-
zabeth ; and then the Lord Mountjoy, at
that time lord-deputy there, heing willing to
£o to England, to congratulate King James
I. upon his coming to this crown, and to be
nearer the beams of that new-risen sun in
our hemisphere ; in bis instructions to Sir
Henry Davers, whom lie sent express to the
said king, recommended to liis majesty Sir
George Cary, treasurer at wars, as the fittest
person to succeed him in that high and ho-
nourable place. Sir George Carj took up
liis honourable sword in a stormy tempestu-
ous time, when that kingdom was Strang* Iv
actuated with the spirit of rebellion, which
occasioned him much trouble during the
little space he held it. Sir George did not
continue in this government much more than
a year, and then Sir \rihur Chichester, w ith
hetter fortune, succeeded him therein. Not
long alt< r this Sir George Cary returned
into England, and retired to his seat at
Cockington, where, being grown somewhat
aged, he resolved to live the residue of his
days to God and himself; and knowing how
pleasing a sacrifice to Cod charitj and good
deeds are, he purposed to do something for
the poor, and accordingly he set about
building of seven alms-houses for their use
and comfort."
Sir George m. first, Wilmot, daughter and
heir of John Gilford, esq. of Yeo, in the
county of Devon, and had issue,
George, who pre-deceased his father,
s. p.
Anne. ?>i. to Sir Richard Edgcomh, knt.
of Mount Edgcomb.
Jane, d. s. p.
He espoused, secondly, Lettice, eldest
daughter of Robert Lord Rich, first earl of
Warwick, but by her (who m. secondly, Sir
Arthur Lake, knt.) he had no children". Sir
George died in 1616, and was s. by his ne-
phew.
Sir Edward Cary, knt. of Marldon, in
the county of Devon, Styled in the familj
pedigree*, " of Exeter," the place probablj
of his birth. The following curious account
of this gentleman appeared in the Exeter
News. " \bout the year L625, Mr. Cary
received the honour of knig hthood in Ire*
land, and shortly after established himself
at Stanlor Barton, within Marldon Parish.
Here he soon became noted for absenting
himself from the Protestant Church. De-
nounced for refusing to join in the Common
Prayer of the Church of England, he was
convicted on the 16th March, 1629, of being
a Popish recusant: still he contrived to
elude the payment of £20 per month for
* Compilpd by Richard Mauson, Portcullis
Pursuivant of Arms, 12th September, 1719.
adhering to the dictates of his conscience.
At last, a writ was issued from the Crowu
Office, and directed to John Davie, esq.
high sheriff of Devonshire, to proceed
against him. An inquisition was accord-
ingly held, in the parish of St. Thomas, near
Exeti r, on 1st October, 1630; and the high
sheriff's return certifies, that Sir Edward
Cary was then seised of the manors of St.
Mary Church, Coffinswell, Northlewe, Ash-
water, Bradford, Abbotesham, Stockley als
;'n. and Goodley, also of an estate called
Est Kimber, of 90 acres, of Middlelake,
containing 41 acres, of Mom house, contain-
ing of i)\ acres, Dobles Thorne, compre-
hending 53 acres. Gaston or Gason, of 55
acres, also 70 acres in Yeo, at Arlington ;
53 acres in Cockington, 6 acres in \ishen-
age or Alverdiscott, 27 acres in Wistland,
Chen here, and Delton, 97 acres in Parva-
cott, Thornedon, and Peworthy, 12 acres in
Instowe and Bradwortby, 120 acres at
Westweeke and Bondehouse, within the
parishes of Lamerton and Broadwoodwiger;
and a third part of a cottage in Bedyford.
1>\ law, the crown was now entitled to take,
seize, ami enjoy all the goods and chattels,
and two parts of the recited lands, tene-
ments, and hereditaments; but by letters
patent under the great seal, bearing date
2lth June, 1634, and enrolled in the Pipe
Office, 20th October, in the same year. King
Charlks I. was pleased to release and par-
don all the arrears to the said Sir Edward
Cary, bis heirs, executors, and admini-
strators. At the same time his Majesty
granted the above-mentioned estates to
Thomas Risden and Christopher Maynard,
gentlemen, to hold the same from Lady
Day, 1632, during the complete term of 41
years, by the yearly rent to the crown of
£ 136. 13*. -id. payable at Lady Day and
Michaelmas, in even portions. These les-
sees, however, were fully empowend and
authorized to grant their lease of the whole
or part of the recited property to the said
Sir Ldward Cary, or to any person or per-
sons for his own use and benefit, notwith-
standing the statute, muio tertio Jacobi I.
' An Act for the better discovery and re-
pressing of Popish Recusants.' And so long
as the said Sir Edward Cary continued lo
pay into the exchequer the said yearly sum
of £ 136. 13s. 4(/. both he and his wife are
directed to remain unmolested by summons
and legal process in his majesty's courts of
law, and to be exempt from all pains and
penalties by reason of their past recusancy ,
or their future absence from church, chapel,
or place of common prayer."
" This royal indulgence, unfortunately
for Sir Edward Cary, was but of short du-
ration. The civil wars commenced, and all
the fury of puritanic zeal and cruelty was
let loose on the unoffending Catholics. Iu
the State Paper Office is the ' Catalogue of
CARY, OF TOltR ABBEY.
37
Papists that have been sequestered in Devon
since the happy reducement of the s;:id
county to the obedience of parliament, i. e.
since May, 1646,' and there we find the
name of Sir Edward Can/, knt. Two-thirds
of his income were unrelentingly seized for
the good of the state, as we collect from the
certified returns of 6th April, 1648, and
13th September, 1649 ; and the committee
of both houses of parliament for plundered
ministers, issued an order, 2nd June, 1652,
that '£50 be paid and allowed out of the
overplus profits of the impropriate rectories
of Marychurch and Paignton, sequestered
from Sir Edward Cary, recusant, for in-
crease of maintenance of William Randall,
minister of Berry Pomeroy.' In the mean
while, Sir Edward, in the true spirit of a
person devoted to his religion, gloried in
the persecution, and took joyfully the spoil-
ing of his goods, knowing that he had in
heaven a better and enduring substance.
He would not accept deliverance, in order
that he might obtain a better resurrection.
On the 14th June, 1654, aet. 80, the Al-
mighty crowned his fidelity with a happy
death. His mortal remains were deposited
in the chancel of Marldon Church, on the
13th June."
Sir Edward Cary m. Margaret, daughter
of — Blackhurst, of Lancashire, and had
two sons and a daughter, viz.
i. George (Sir) his successor.
II. Thomas, of Stan tor, in the county of
Devon, m. Lucy, daughter of Simon
Hayne, and had,
John, who m. Anne, daughter of —
Allvvell, and had issue.
Benedict, m. to a Scottish lady.
III. Anne, m. to Sir George Southcott.
He was s. by his elder son,
Sir George Cary, who received the ho-
nor of knighthood from King Charles I. at
Greenwich, 3rd July, 1632. He wedded,
first, Anne, daughter of Sir Charles Man-
ners, knt.* by whom he had a son and daugh-
ter, who both died young. Sir George
espoused, secondly, , daughter of —
Browne, of Hampshire, but had no issue.
He m. thirdly, Elizabeth, daughter of Tho-
mas Wells, esq. of Brambridge, in the
county of Southampton, and had,
I. Edward, his heir.
II. George, living unmarried in 1701.
in. Christopher, m. a daughter of E.
Glanvile, but living in 1701 without
issue.
iv. John, went over to Portugal with the
Queen Dowager, and was living there
in 1701. He to. a Portuguese lady
of the name of Vasconcelos.
v. Elizabeth, m. to Sir Thomas Manby,
knt. of Brentwood, in Essex.
* Son and heir of Sir Thomas TV1 aimers, knt.
fourth son of Thomas, first eurl of Rutland.
vi. Frances.
VII. Margery.
vili. Constance, m. to George, second
brother of Sir Walter Blount, bart.
Sir George Cary, who purchased Torr Ab-
bey from the earl of Londonderry, died 27th
May, 1678. and was s. by his eldest son,
Edward Cary, esq. of Torr Abbey, who
m. Mary, second daughter and co-heir of
Richard Pelsont, esq. by Anne,t his wife,
relict of Thomas Savile, earl of Sussex, and
daughter of Christopher Yilliers, first earl of
Anglesey. By this lady he had issue,
George, his heir.
Edward, 1 presumed to ]iave (i ,; p-
William, who m. Miss Dorothy Rowe,
and had two sons and a daughter, viz.
1. George, who succeeded his
uncle at Torr Abbey.
2. Edward, father of the present
George Stanley Cary, esq. of
Follaton. (See Cary of Fol-
LATON.)
3. Dorothy, m. in 1764, to Edward
Meynell, esq. of Yarni and Kil-
vington.
Francis, died unmarried.
Anne.
Mary.
Winifred.
Mr. Cary was s. at his decease by his eldest
son,
George Cary, esq. of Torr Abbey, born
in 1685, who wedded Anne, dau. of Hugh
Lord Clifford, but, dying 1st October, 175«,
without issue, the estates passed to the chil-
dren of his brother William ; George, and
Edward, by the elder of whom,
George Cary, esq. he was succeeded at
Torr Abbey. This gentleman in. Cecilia
Fagnani, and had issue,
I. George, his heir.
II. John, born 17th February, 1770,
who m. first, Sophia, dau. of Thomas
Sulyard, esq. and died 19th March,
1820, leaving issue,
t This lady was heir to her brother, Charles
Villiers, second Earl of Anglesey. Sin George
Villiers, by his second wife, Mary Beaumont,
had three sons,
John (Sir), created Viscount Purbeck.
George, created Duke of Buckingham.
Christopher, created Earl of Anglesey.
Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peerage.
When John Villiers, grandson of llobert Wright,
alias Howard, the illegitimate son of Frances, the
repudiated wife of John, Viscount Purbeck, as-
sumed the Earldom of Buckingham, and claimed the
last duke's estates, Elizabeth, Countess of Castle-
haven, the Lady Frances Brudenell, and Mrs.
Mary Cary, petitioned, as lawful heirs of the
Duke of Buckingham, that a clause be inserted in
the bill for the sale of bis grace's estates, giving
to them the surplusage, produced by the said sale,
beyond the just debts.
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CARY, OF FOLLATON.
1. Henry, now "of Torr Abbey."
2. Bernard.
3. Lucius.
4. Hugh.
5. John.
6. Sophia, m. to Charles Stonor,
esq. and has issue.
7. Fanny.
8. Susan.
9. Mary-Anne.
Mr. John Cary wedded, secondly.
Miss Johnson, of the county of Nor-
folk, and by her had one "daughter,
Blanche.
,"- g^'J both died J.p-
IV. AYilliam,^ *
v. Mary, m. to J. P. Chichester, esq.
of Arlington, and had a daughter,
Mary, the wife of Thomas Fitzher-
bert, esq. of Swinnerton.
\i. Prances, m. in 1796, to Henry
Stonor, esq. of San Lucar, in Spain.
George Cary m. secondly, Frances Stonor,
relict of Thomas Gifford, esq. of Chillington,
and had further issue,
VII. Charles, > , ,
„r ,, > who a. s. p.
VIII. AN alter, ) '
IX. Mary- Anne, who m. first, John Dal-
ton, jun. esq. of Thurnham Hall ;
and secondly. Sir John HayfordTho-
rold, bart. of Marston.
X. Georgiana, m. to Francis Langan,
esq.
Mr. Cary d. in 1805, and was s. by his eldest
son,
George Cary, esq. of Torr Abbey, who
m. Miss Franklin, but, dying without issue,
was s. by his nephew, the present Henry
Cary, esq. of Torr Abbey.
Arms — Arg. on a bend sa. three roses of
the first.
('rest — A swan ppr.
Motto — Virtute excerpte.
EttaU — Torr Abbey ; and St. Mary
Church, in the county of Devoi
Seat — Torr Abbey, Torquay
CARY, OF FOLLATON.
CARY, GEORGE-STANLEY, esq. of Follaton. in the county of Devon, b. in 1780,
m. in 1821, Matilda, second daughter of Sir Richard
Bedingfeld, bait, of Oxburgh Hall, in the county of
Norfolk, by Charlotte-Georgiana, bis wife, only sister of
George-William, present Lord Stafford, and has issue,
Si \\i I Y-Edm \RD-GEORGE.
Camilla- Annabel la.
Charlotte-Matilda.
Isabella.
Helen.
Laura.
Adelaide.
Bertha.
Mr. Cary succeeded to the estates upon the demise of his
father, in 1822. He is a magistrate and deputy lieu-
tenant of the county of Devon.
HtnCcW.
This is the nearest collateral branch of
the ancient family of Cary, of Torr Abbey,
(see p. 37).
Edward Cary, esq. second son of Wil-
liam Cary, esq. and grandson of Edward
Cary, esq. of Torr Abbey, purchased Folla-
ton, in the county of Devon, and there seated
himself. He espoused* Camilla-Annabella,
eldest daughter of Gilbert-Fane Fleming,!
* Mr. Cary m. secondly, Miss Ferrall, sister of
Roger Ferrall, esq. but by her had no issue.
t Mr. Fane Fleming was son of the Hon. Gil-
bert Fleming, lieutenant-general of the Leeward
Islands. His second daughter m. Sir John Brisco,
bart.
esq. by the Lady Camilla Bennet, sister of
Charles, fourth Earl of Tankerville, and
had, with a younger son, Edward, and a
daughter, Camilla, who both d. unmarried,
a son and successor, the present George
Stanley Cary, esq. who by his marriage
with Matilda, daughter of Sir Richard Be-
dingfeld, has become connected with the
noble catholic families of Stafford, Petre,
Clifford, Dillon, Kenmare, &c.
Arms — First and fourth, arg. on a bend
sa. three roses of the field, for Cary ; second
and third, for Fleming, gu. emce of crosses
fitchee, three crescents or.
BRANDLING, OF GOSFORTH.
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Crests — First, for Cary, a swan ppr. ; se-
cond, for Fleming, a dexter Land in ar-
mour, holding a sword, all ppr.
Motto — Virtute excerptae.
Estates — In the contiguous parishes of
Harberton, Totness, and Dartington, in the
county of Devon, together with extensive
possessions in the West Indies, inherited
from his maternal great-grandfather, Hon.
Gilbert Fleming.
Seat — Follaton House, near Totness.
BRANDLING, OF GOSFORTH.
BRANDLING, THE REV. RALPH-HENRY, of Gosforth House, in Northumber-
land, of Middleton Lodge, in Yorkshire, and of Shotton
Hall, in the county of Durham, b. 20th November,
1771, m. 12th April, 1796, Emma, fourth daughter of
Oldfield Bowles, esq. of North Aston, in Oxfordshire,
and has issue,
Charles-John, b. 14th November, 1797, m. Henrietta,
youngest daughter of Sir G. Armytage, bart. of
Kirklees, and has one son and a daughter.
Elizabeth, m. to Colonel Sir Thomas-Henry Browne,
of Bronwylfa, in Flintshire, and has issue.
Emma.
Mary, m. to her cousin, Charles Bell, captain R. N.
and d. s. p.
Mr. Brandling:, a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for
the counties of York (W. R.), Northumberland, and
Durham, inherited the estates at the decease of his
brother, in 1826.
Htncaac.
The name of Brandling occurs at a very
early date in the records of Northumber-
land.
John Brandling, (grandson of William
Brandling, by Mary, sister and co-heir of
— Browne, " Captaine of Callice," and son
of Robert Brandling, by a daughter of
William Selbie) was sheriff of Newcastle in
1505. and mayor in 1509, 1512, 1516, and
1520. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Wil-
liam Helye, and had issue,
i. Robert (Sir), his heir.
II. Thomas, who had two sons.
William, heir to his uncle.
Cornelius, of Newcastle on Tyne,
died in June, 1590, leaving by
his wife, Mary, two sons, Robert
and Cornelius.
ill. Henry, plaintiff (10th Elizabeth) in
a trial at York, against his nephew,
William Brandling, for part of the
family estate. He m. first, Marga-
ret, daughter of Christopher Midford,
alderman of Newcastle, and had a
son, Robert, who left issue, and a
daughter, m. to — Selby, esq. He
wedded secondly, Ursula, daughter
and heiress of William Buckton, esq.
of Buckton, in the county of York?
and relict of George Collingwood,
esq. of Eslington, by whom he left
at his decease in 1578,
1. Richard, Lord of Buckton, in
the county of York, who m.
Elizabeth, daughter of Anthony
Byrde, esq. of Thornope. Mr.
Brandling died in 1606, leaving
issue.
2. William, who m. Katherine
Fermor, and d. in 1595.
3. Ursula, m. to William Carre,
esq. of Forde.
4. Anne, m. to Ninyan Shafto, esq.
of Newcastle, ancestor of the
families seated at Benwell and
Whitworth, (See page 48,
Vol. i.)
iv. Dorothy, m. to Peter Ridell, mer
chant of Newcastle.
v. Katherine, m. to — Burtfield, esq
VI. Margaret, m. to Edward Taylor, of
Newcastle.
VII. Eleanor, m. to — Forster, esq.
The eldest son,
Sir Ralph Brandling, sheriff of New-
castle in 1524, and mayor in 1532, 1536,
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BRANDLING, OF GOSFORTH.
1547, and 1564, was knighted by the Duke
of Somerset, at Musselburgh. He m. Anne,
daughter of John Place, esq. of Halnaby,
in Yorkshire, and co-heir of her mother,
Catherine, sister and heiress of Thomas
Surtees, esq. of Dinsdale, in the palatinate.
By Miss Place, Sir Robert acquired Felling
and Gosforth, and had an only daughter,
Anne, who died s. p. Sir Robert Brand-
ling dying thus, without male issue, in 1568,
the representation of the family devolved
upon his nephew,
William Brandling, esq. of Felling, who
m. Anne, dau. of George Helye, esq, and l>\
her (who wedded for her second husband,
Charles Hall, esq.) he left at his decease in
1575, a daughter, Jane,' wife of John Hcd-
worth, esq. of Chester Deanery, and a son,
Robert Brandling, esq. "heire of thr
Felling," haptized 23rd January, 1574-5.
This gentleman was high-sheriff of North-
umberland in 1617. Hi in. first, -Fane,
daughter of Francis Wortley. esq. ofWort-
ley, in the county of York, by whom (who
d. in 1606-7) he had issue,
I. FRANCIS (Sir), his heir.
ii. Thomas, b. 24th February, 1605-6.
in. Richard, living in 1633, then of
\N liitchall, in the county of North-
umberland.
IV. John, of Newcastle, who died in
1635, leaving issue by his wife, Troth,
(who m. secondly, Richard Vincent,
esq. of Great Smeaton).
v. Ralph, who d. unm.
VI. William, who d. young.
VII. Mary.
VIII. Elizabeth, m. to George Wray,
esq. of Beamish, in Durham.
Mr. Brandling espoused secondly, Mary,
daughter of Thomas Hilton, esq. Lord of
Hilton, and had two other sons, viz.
I. Roger, a captain of horse, slain in
the royal cause.
II. Robert, of Leathley, in the county
of York, captain of a troop of Dra-
goons, under Edward Grey, brother
to Lord Grey, of Wark, and subse-
quently colonel of a regiment under
the Marquis of Newcastle. He m.
Helen, daughter of Arthur Lindley,
of Leathley, and widow of Sir Ingram
Hopton, knt. of Armley, by whom he
had four daughters ; the youngest,
Alathea, m. to Henry Hitch, esq. son
and heir of the Very Rev. Robert
Hitch, D.D. Dean of York.
Robert Brandling, of Felling, was s. at his
decease by his eldest son,
Sir Francis Brandling, knt. of Alnwick
Abbey, in the county of Northumberland,
b. 6th April, 1595. This gentleman repre-
sented Northumberland in Parliament in
,1623 and 1625. He m. first, Elizabeth, fourth
dau. of Sir Ralph Grey, knt. of Chillingham,
and, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
William Pitt, of Strathfieldsay, in the county
of Hants, and relict of Richard Wheeler,
esq. By his first wife, Sir Francis had
issue,
I. Charles, his heir.
II. Ralph, a cavalier commander, slain
at Maston Moor.
III. Robert, of Whitehouse, in the parish
of Alnwick, who in. Margaret Fors-
ter, and died in 1664-5, leaving issue.
IV. Francis, guardian to his nephew,
Robert, of Alnwick Abbey. He m.
Miss Mary Armorer, of Ellingham,
and dying in 1667, left issue,
1. Ralph, of Hoppen, who m. twice,
and had, with a son Thomas, who
d. s. p. three daughters, Frances,
in. to Nicholas Forster, esq.
Mary, m. in 1713, to Edward
Cook, esq. of Togston, and Mar-
garet.
2. Francis, sometime of Little
Eden, in the county of Durham,
merchant adventurer, who m.
Miss Abigail Wilkinson, and
had three sons, and three daugh-
ters, of whom the eldest daugh-
ter wedded Thomas Ildeiton,
esq. of Ilderton.
3. William, who d. unm.
4. Frances, in. to Henry Bowes,
gent, of Ellingham.
5. m. to Bryan Gray, esq. of
Kyloe.
6. m. to John Wilky, esq. of
Broomhouse.
v. Thomas, of Hoppen, in Northum-
berland, who in. Eleanor Fenwick,
but d. s. p. in 1700.
Sir Francis Brandling died in 1641, and
was s. by his eldest son,
Charles Brandling, esq. of Alnwick
Abbey, a colonel in the army. This gen-
tleman espoused, in 1650, Anne,* daughter
and sole heiress of Robert Widdrington,
esq. by whom (who in. secondly, Sir Richard
Neile,t knt.) he had issue,
* Some accounts say that this Anne became
the wife of Ralph Pudsay, and, by him, had an
only daughter, Anne, successively wife of Charles
Brandling, and Sir Richard Neile. — Hodgson's
Northumberland.
t He was engaged in the service of Bishop
Cousins, but an intemperate and extravagant man ;
and encumbered Pressy and Shotton with such
heavy mortgages that those estates were conveyed
in consideration of £7000. to Thomas Radcliffe,
esq. of Dilston. This Richard Neile, by patent
from Bishop Cousins, 2nd March, 1667, was made
under sheriff of Durham. He was also high-
sheriff of Northumberland in 1687-88. His elder
BRANDLING, OF GOSFORTH,
41
I. Robert, "J
II. Ralph, > successive proprietors.
III. Charles, J
IV. Mary, m. first to Alexander Amcotes,
esq. of Pencher, and secondly, to
John Lambe, esq. of West Herring-
ton.
Charles Brandling died about the year 1665,
and was s. by his eldest son,
Robert Brandling, esq. of Alnwick
Abbey, then under age. He m. Mary,
daughter of William Hodgson, esq. of Win-
laton, in the county of Durham, but dying
in 1681, without surviving issue, was s. by
his brother,
Ralph Brandling, esq. of Felling, born
7th December, 1662, who m. Anne, daugh-
ter and heiress of John Leghe, esq. of Mid-
dleton, in the county of York, and thus ac-
quired that estate : dying, however, s. p. he
devised it and his other possessions to his
only surviving brother,
Charles Brandling, esq. of Felling, who
m. Margaret, daughter of John Grey, esq.
of Howick, and had, with a daughter, Mary,
who died unmarried, a son and heir,
Ralph Brandling, esq. of Felling. This
gentleman m. 21st August, 1729, Eleanor,
daughter of — Ogle, esq. of Eglingham,
and left at his decease, in 1749, two sur-
viving sons ; Ralph, who died at Tours, in
France, aged 21, in 1751, and
Charles Brandling, esq. of Gosforth, in
the countv of Northumberland, elected
M.P. for Newcastle in 1784, 1790, and 1796.
He wedded Elizabeth, daughter and heiress
of John Thompson, esq. of Shotton, in the
county of Durham, and had issue,
Charles-John, his heir.
Ralph -Henry, successor to his bro-
ther.
John.
Robert-William, of Low Gosforth, bar-
rister-at-law, in the commission of
the peace for the county of North-
umberland, who m. Mary, daughter
of Thomas Jaques, esq. of Leeds, and
has four sons and five daughters.
Eleanor, m. first, to William Ord, esq.
of Fenham, in Northumberland, and
secondly, to Thomas Creevey, esq.
M.P. She d. at Brussels in 1818.
Margaret, m. to Rowland Burdon, esq.
of Castle Eden.
Elizabeth, m. to Ralph William Grey,
Drother, William Neile, esq. was a scholar and
philosopher of great promise, but falling in love
with one of the maids of honor, and not being-
able to gain his father's consent to marry her, was
seized with a deep melancholy, and died 4th Au-
gust, 1670, at White Waltiiam, in Berkshire,
where there is a monument to his memory. — Und.
esq. of Backworth, in Northumber-
land.
Barbara, m. to the Rev. James Ord, of
Langton, in Leicestershire.
Mary, d. unmarried.
Anna, m. to Colonel F. Griffiths, of the
Royal Artillery.
Sarah, m. to Matt. Bell, esq. of Wol-
sington, in Northumberland.
Mr. Brandling, who served the office of
sheriff' for Northumberland in 1781, was s. at
his decease by his eldest son,
Charles-John Brandling, esq. of Gos-
forth, who wedded Frances-Elizabeth, dau.
of William Hawksworth, esq. of Hawks-
worth, in the county of York, but had no
issue. On his father accepting the Chiltern
Hundreds in 1797, Mr. Brandling succeeded
to the representation of the borough of
Newcastle, which he continued to represent
until 1812. At the general election in 1820,
he was chosen knight of the shire for
Northumberland. Mr. Brandling died 1st
February, 1826, and was s. by his next
brother, the present Rev. Ralph-Henry
Brandling, of Gosforth.
Arms — Gu. a cross patonce arg. in the
chief point an escallop shell of the secona.
Crest — A stump of an oak tree couped
and erased, from the top issuing flames of
fire, from the sinister a sprig with one acorn
and leaves, all ppr.*
Mvtto — Fide et virtute.
Estates — In the counties of Northumber-
land, York, and Durham.
Seats — Gosforth House, Northumber-
land ; Middleton Lodge, W. R. of York-
shire ; and Shotton Hall, county of Durham.
*** The following extraordinary depo-
sitions, regarding this family, occur in a
tattered volume amongst the mouldering re-
cords of the Consistory Court of Durham :
"George Young, of Alnwick, says he has
been for seventeen years Serjeant to the
bayliffe of Alnwick, during which time he
knew Mr. Edward Delavall, and after him
Mr. Robert Muschampe and Mr. John Fary,
successively deputy-constables of the castle
of Alnwicke, and that they sat in the pewes
on the north side of the chancell of Alnwick
Church, where the Earls of Northumber-
land, their officers, &c. usually sat ; that
Mr. Richard Brandling, after the pub-
lishing of the monition, did sit in the upper-
most seat on the north side of the chancell
of the church of Alnwick, in the seat com-
monly called the Earle of Northumberland's
seat, where he satt as well in the forenoon
* An old oak stump bearing both leaves and
fruit was doubtless often used for the purpose of
a border beacon. — Surtees.
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COYNEY, OF WESTON COYNEY.
as in the afternoon, and said he would sitt
there doe any man what he could; that on
the 4th September Richard Brandling, find-
ing John Fary set in the Earl's seat did ofl'er
to put the said John Fary forth, which he
refusing, the said Richard Brandling did sitt
before him, in the same seate, upon his
booke, and hath sworne divers times that
the Court of Durham should not trye it ;
and not content with this outrage, another
witness declares, that as soon as he was
over the church style he took his home,
and did blow and sound the same all along
the streets of Alnwick."
Deposition lit fore the Archdeacon of
Northumberland.
COYNEY, OF WESTON COYNEY.
COYNEY-HILL, WALTER-WILLIAM, esq. of Weston Coyney, in the county of
Stafford, espoused, 18th August, 1788, his cousin, Mary-
( ;itharine, sole daughter and heiress of Edward Coyney,
esq. of the same place, and has had issue,
Walter Weston, b. 8th May, 1791, died unmarried,
27th February, ls:5o.
< ii urge, drowned in 1810.
CtfARLBS, captain in the King's Own Stafford Militia,
and a deputy lieutenant for the county of Stafford.
Hulirit-W illiam, a midshipman in the R. N. died 14th
\|uil. 1827.
Thomas-Edward.
Mary, m. to (Jeorge Clifford, esq. youngest son of the
Hon. Thomas Clifford, of Tixal, in the county of
Stafford.
Elizabeth-Mary, m. to John Vanzeller, esq. of Liver-
pool, and is deceased.
Anne.
This gentleman (the grandson of Anthony Hill, esq. of Pepperhill, in the county of
Salop, by Catharine Coyney, daughter of Mark Coyney, esq.) assumed on his marriage,
by sign manual, in pursuance of the testamentary injunction of Edward Coyney, esq.
the surname and arms of Coynf.y. Mr. ( Ovnev was major in the Staffordshire Local
Militia in 1811, and is a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for the county.
Hincnac
The family of Coyney has been seated at
Weston Coynf.y, in the parish of Cavers-
wall, since the time of Henry III. when
John, the son of Alan (Fitzalan, Lord of
( >swestree, ancestor of the Earls of Arun-
del), who died in the twenty-fourth of that
reign, anno 1240, granted by his charter,
sans date, to
Walter Coyne, the manor of Weston,
subter Kiversmond, in the parish of Cavers-
wall, called Weston Coyney, in the county
of Stafford, subject to the chief rent of half
a mark of silver. This Walter was a bene-
factor to Rowton Abbeys upon which he
bestowed five bovates of land in his manor
of Weston. (He had a brother, Thomas,
who was settled at Halene, in Staffordshire.)
His son,
John Coyne, confirmed the grants made to
Row ton Abbey. This John was s. by his son,
John Coyne, living in 1292, who wedded
Margaret, daughter and heir of William de
Erdington, and acquired thereby lands in
Wettley, in the county of Stafford. His
son,
William Coyne, Lord of Weston, was
witness to charters of 24th June, 1316, 9th
Edward II. He was s. by his son,
Robert Coyne, who m. Sibella , and
dying about 1343, was s. by his son,
John Coyne, living in 1370, who was
succeeded by his son,
Robert Coyne, who m. Hugolina, third
daughter and co-heir of Edward Burnell,of
Langley, in the county of Salop, and by the
deed of partition of his father-in-law's pro-
perty, obtained the manors of Ee and Hun-
kynton, in the parish of Much Wenlock,
and lands in Garmeston, in the county of
Salop. In August, 1390, Robert Coyne and
COYNEY, OF WESTON COYNEY.
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Hugolina, his wife, were admitted members
of the confraternity of the convent of Lilies-
hall. He was s. by his son,
Robert Coyne, who espoused, in June,
1415, Margaret, daughter of Robert Ha-
loghton, and himself and his wife were liv-
ing 3rd October, 1439. He had issue,
Robert, his heir.
Walter, living 28th January, 1472.
Margaret, m. — Boghay, Lord of
Annesley, county Stafford.
Christiana, ) h h ^ . u72
Frances, ^
The elder son,
Robert Coyne, died before the 26th
June, 1473, leaving, by Jane, his wife, a
son and heir,
Robert Coyne, who m. in 1475, Alice,
daughter of Hugh Erdeswicke, of Sandon,
in the county of Stafford. He was living
2nd January, 27th Henry VIII. and was s.
by his son,
Robert Coyne, who wedded Dorothy,
daughter of Thomas Meverell, of Throwley,
in the county of Stafford, and had issue,
John, his heir.
Walter, living in 1540.
William, buried 1st May, 1583.
George.
Robert.
Jane, m. in October, 1535, to Thomas
Buckenhall, esq. of Ubeley, Stafford-
shire.
Petronilla, living in 1541, in. to — Dol-
man, esq.
Robert Coyne died about the year 1541, and
was s. by his eldest son,
John Coyney, who espoused 25th Ja-
nuary, 1534, Margaret, daughter of John
Spurstowe, of Spurstowe, in the county of
Chester, and had issue,
John, his heir.
George, of Coppenhull, in the county
of Salop, who m. first, Winifred, dau.
of John Skrimshire, esq. of Norbury,
in the county of Stafford ; and se-
condly, Margaret, sister of Robert
Needham, esq. of Shenton, in the
same shire.
Edward.
Dorothy, m. to James Barlow, esq. of
Ipstones, Staffordshire.
Jane.
Elenor, m. 21st February, 1570, to Wil-
liam Allen, of Brokenhouse.
The eldest son,
John Coyney, esq. married in August,
1553, Ann, daughter of Anthony Wolseley,
esq. of Wolseley, and by her (who was
buried 28th April, 1585) he had four sons
and three daughters, viz.
Thomas, his heir.
George, baptized 28th April, and died
13th August, 1567.
{°}m> I both living in 1599.
Adam, S 6
Cassandra, baptized 11th April, 1561,
in. 23rd July, 1580, to John Tytensor,
esq. of Tytensor, in Staffordshire.
Margaret, baptized in March, 1562.
Mary, baptized 7th August, 1564.
Mr. Coyney was living 7th September, 1609.
He was s. at his demise by his son,
Thomas Coyney, esq. baptized A. D.
1558, in. Jane, daughter of Ralph Done, esq.
of Atkynton and Flayyard, in Cheshire, and
by her (who survived her husband, and was
buried 30th August, 1632) he had issue,
Thomas, his heir.
John, baptized 4th February, 1581,
died in 1584.
George, born in 1584, died the follow-
ing year.
Robert, baptized 12th November, 1588,
who settled at Ballygayon, in the
Queen's County, Ireland. He was
living 14th November, 1607.
Richard, baptized in 1590, and died the
following year.
Ralph, baptized 16th September, 1594.
Elinor.
Margaret.
The eldest son,
Thomas Coyney, esq. baptized 15th Au-
gust, 1583, espoused Ellen, daughter of
Sampson Erdeswicke, esq. of Sandon, in the
county of Stafford, and had six sons and a
daughter, viz. John, who died v. p. unmar-
ried ; Sampson, his heir ; Francis, Richard,
George, Thomas, and Ann, m. in 1631, to
William Baggeley, esq. of Barlaston. The
eldest surviving son,
Sampson Coyney, esq. wedded, in 1633,
Anne, daughter and co-heir of Philip Dray-
cot, esq. of Draycot, in Staffordshire, by
whom (who died in 1691) he had issue,
i. John, his heir.
ii. Philip.
in. Sampson, baptized 12th December.
1639.
iv. Thomas.
v. Mark, who died 2nd July, 169o,
leaving issue,
John, of Alveton Lodge, in Staf-
fordshire, who continued the line
of the family.
Edward, a catholic priest.
Catharine, born in April 1692, who
m. 8th July, 1710, Anthony Hill,
esq. of Pepperhill, in Salop, and
their grandson is the present
Walter William Hill Coyney,
esq. of Weston Coyney.
vi. Catharine, in. to Charles Whitehall
esq. of Yieldensley, in Derbyshire,
and died 17th December, 1699.
Sampson Coyney died 2nd March, 1653, and
was s. by his son,
John Coyney, esq. born in 1637, who m.
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LEGH, OF NORBUKY BOOTHS HALL.
in October, 1661, Ellen, daughter and co-heir
of John Dawes, esq. of Caughley, in Shrop-
shire, and by her (who wedded, secondly,
William Parker, esq. of Park Hall) lie had
(with a dau. Ellen) a son and successor,
Sampson Coynf.y, esq. born in 1662.
This gentleman dying unmarried, 1st May,
1693, devised his estates to his sister,
Ellen Coyney, who espoused, in Sept.
1694, William Gower, esq. of Colmers and
Quecnhill, in the county of Worcester, by
whom (who died 1st June, 1736) she had an
only son,
WILLIAM Gower, esq. in right of his mother
lord of Weston Coyney. This gentleman
was unfairly killed in a duel ;it ;i tavern in
Drury-lane, February ,1725, bj Major* >n< by,
who was tri< d ;it the ( >id Bailey, found guiit\
of murder, and ordered lor execution, hut
during the night he cut his throat in prison.
(I ide State Trials and Harleian MSS. No.
71K7.) William Gower, hy his will of the
loth August, 1721. bequeathed Weston
Coyney to hi> father for life, w ith remaindi r
to the heir male of the family,
John Coyney, esq. grandson of Sampson
Coyney,by Ann Draycot. This gentleman
died in 17:52, before William Grower, the
elder, and left issue, by Ann his wife,
Edw mu>, bis heir.
\\ illiain, who in. a daughter of Hum-
phrey Pan), esq. of Pwllhalog, in
Flint, and had an onlj daughter,
Elizabeth-Mary, who became ab-
bess of the convent at York. Her
ladyship died 15th December,
182*6.
Thomas, whom. Miss Catharine Brough-
ton, and died in December, 1777.
Magdalen, m. to Gervas New ton, esq. of
the county of Lincoln.
Ann, m. to Robert Bateman, esq. of
Woolscote, in Hartington, county of
Derby.
The eldest son,
Edward Coyney, esq. at the decease of
William Gower, 1st June, 1736, entered
into possession of the Weston Coynej es-
tates. He m. in July, 176S. Mary, daugh-
ter of Matin w Smith, esq. and by that lady
(who wedded, secondly, in October, 1773,
Michael Jom s, esq. of Lancaster, and died
in November, 1814,) left at his demise, 2nd
May, 1772, anonlj dau. ami heiress, Mary-
Catharine, lady of the manor of Weston
Co\ ney. who in. as stated above, her cousin.
\\ alter Willi \m Hill, esq.
Arms — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, or, on a
bend sa. three trefoils slipped arg. forCov-
m v ; 2nd and 3rd arg. a lion rampant sa.
crowned, or, for Burn ell.
Crest- — A cubit arm erect, vested sa.
slashed and cuffed, or, holding in the hand
ppr. a faulchion arg. en bru< d with hlood in
three places, hilt and pome] gold.
Motto — Fide, sed cui, vide.
Estates — In Staffordshire.
Seai — Weston Coyney, in that county.
LEGH, OF NORBURY BOOTHS HALL.
LEGH, PETER, esq. of Norbury Booths Hall and Torkington Lodge, both in the
county of Chester, b. in 1794, succeeded his father in 1826. Mr. Legh is deputy
lieutenant for Cheshire,
and has served the office of high sheriff.
Hinraac.
The Leghs derived their name from the
town of High Legh, in Cheshire, where
they were seated before the CONQUEST.
Hamon, Lord of the Mediety of High
Legh, in the time of Henry II. was father
of
William de Legh, of West Hall, in High
Legh, whose grandson,
Richard de Legh, left an only daughter
and heiress,
Agnes de Legh, who espoused, first,
Richard de Lymme, and had a son,
I. Thomas, who took the name of Legh,
and had half of the said mediety of
High Legh. He left a son,
Thomas Legh, who was patriarch
of the Legh, of West Legh, in
High Legh.
LEGH, OF NORBURY BOOTHS HALL.
45
Agnes wedded, secondly, William de Ha-
wardyn, and had a son by him,
ii. Ralph de Hawardyn, who had the
other half of the mediety of High
Legh, and sold it to Sir Richard
Massey, of Tatton, in 1206.
She to. thirdly. Sir William Venables, knt.
second son of Sir William Venables, Baron
of Kinderton, by whom she had another son,
in. John, who assumed the name of
Legh.
The youngest son,
John Legh, became proprietor, by pur-
chase, of Knutsford Booth, before the 28th
of Edward I. He wedded, first. ,
and had a son, John (Sir). He espoused,
secondly, Ellen, daughter of Thomas de Co-
rona, of Adlington, and was father of
Robert, from whom sprang the Leghs,
of Adlington, Annesley, Lyme,
Ridge, Stonelegh, Stockwell, &c.
William (Sir), ancestor of the Leghs,
of I sail.
Peter, progenitor of the Leghs, of
Bechton.
Gilbert, whose son,
John de Legh, m. Cecilia de Towne-
ley, and became ancestor of the
family, which assumed the name
of Towneley, and which is now
represented by Peregrine-Ed-
ward Towneley, esq. of Towneley.
He was s. by his eldest son.
Sir John de Legh, living in the time of
Edward III. who to. first, Maud, daughter
of Sir John Arderne, of Aldford, and ac-
quired with her a moiety of the manor of
Mobberley. By this lady he had,
I. John, his heir.
ii. James, who died before the 43rd of
Edward III. leaving a son,
John, heir to his uncle.
Sir John espoused, secondly, Isabel, sister
and co-heir of John Baggileigh, of Baggi-
leigh, and had another son,
in. William, founder of the Leighs, of
Baggileigh, now extinct.
The eldest son,
John Legh, of Booths, wedded Elizabeth,
daughter and co-heir of Sir Richard de
Sonbach, by whom he had an only daughter,
Mai'd Legh, who m. Richard Rad-
clyffe, of Ordeshall, and conveyed to
him, as her inheritance, a moiety of
the manor of Mobberley.
John Legh dying thus without male issue,
the estate of Booths devolved upon his ne-
phew,
John Legh, who thus became "of Booths."
In the 43rd of Edward III. he was found
by inquisition, at the decease of his father's
step-mother, Isabel, heir to the lands which
she enjoyed after her husband's death,
namely, the manor of Booths, in Knottes-
ford, a sixth of Ollerton, and half of Rones-
thorne, with divers other lands. He was
sheriff of Cheshire from the 5th to the 9th
of the reign of Henry V. He was s. at his
decease by his son,
John Legh, of Booths, father of
Sir John Legh, of Booths, a staunch
Lancastrian, who fell fighting under the
Red Rose at Blore Heath, in the 38th of
Henry VI. He left two sons,
i. John, his successor.
ii. Philip, heir to his nephew.
The elder son,
John Legh, of Booths, espoused Emma,
daughter and co-heiress of Robert Grosve-
nor, of Hulme, with whom he acquired
the demesne lands of Allostock. He died
in 1470, and was s. by his only son,
John Legh, esq. of Booths. This gen-
tleman to. Anne, daughter of Sir William
Booth, of Dunham Massey, by whom (who
to. secondly, Geoffrey Shakerley, esq. of
Shakerley) he had an only daughter,
Elizabeth Legh, who was sole heiress
to her grandmother's estate at Hulme.
She to. Peter Shakerley, esq. of
Shakerley. (See vol. i. p. 9.)
John Legh dying without male issue, was s.
by his uncle,
Philip Legh, esq. who was returned to
the estate of Booths by inquisition in the
2nd Richard HI. He wedded Elizabeth,
daughter of Andrew Brereton, of Brereton,
by whom (who wedded, secondly, John Car-
rington, of Carrington) he left issue,
John (Sir), his heir.
Joan, to. first to Richard Starkey, esq.
of Stretton, and secondly to — Stan-
ley.
Ellen, to. to Sir Ralph Leycester, of
Toft. (See vol. i. p. 74.)
He died in the 18th of Henry VIII. and
was s. by his son,
Sir John Legh, of Booths, who received
flic honor of knighthood at Leith, 11th May,
1544, at which time the Earl of Hertford,
being then general, knighted several Che-
shire gentlemen. He espoused Jane, sister
of William Sneyd, esq. of Bradwell, and
was s. at his decease by his eldest son,
John Legh, esq. of Booths. This gentle-
man wedded Jane, daughter of Sir William
Brereton, of Brereton, and dying in 1617,
was s. by his eldest son,
William Legh, esq. of Booths, who was
sheriff of Cheshire in 1636. He had two
wives, but, apparently, issue by one only,
Dorothy, daughter of Sir Geoffry Shaker-
ley, of Hulme, namely,
John, his successor.
Mary, m. to William Houghton, of
Houghton.
Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Witchcot, esq.
of Mobberley.
He died in 1641, and was s. by his eldest
son,
46
LEGH, OF NORBURY BOOTHS HALL.
John Legh, esq. of Booths, who m. first,
Margaret, daughter of Thomas Washbom,
esq. and had an only surviving child, Eliz-
abeth, m. to Thomas Hollinshed, esq. of
Heywood. He espoused, secondly, Doro-
thy, daughter of Sir Richard Ashton, of
Middleton, and had, with three sons, who
died young, two daughters, Dorothy, wife
of Samuel Hanmer, and Anne, m. to John
Dichfield, of Manchester. Mr. Legh m.
thirdly, in 1652, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
Thomas Stanley, bart. of Alderley, and had
further issue,
i. Peter, his heir,
n. John, died young,
in. Richard, of Torkinejton, d. t. p.
iv. Elizabeth, to. to Richard Calverley,
esq. of Ouden.
v. Mary.
In the Hail. MSS. will be found a copy of
the following memorial, which formerly ap-
peared in the chapel of Nether Knutsford :
" Here within tin's tombe lyeth interred
the body of John Legh, of Norbury Booths,
esq. who w ;k made high Bheriff of the county
palatine of Chester, tin- :$l>t day of Decem-
ber, in the yeare of our Lord God 1657, and
so continued for the yeares 1658, Hi.")!): and
so whilst he w;is high Bheriff departed tins
life on Monday, the 16tb day of April, 1660,
being aged 59 yeares."
He was s. by his eldest son,
Peter Legh, esq. of Booths, who m. Ruth,
daughter and co-heir of Robert Barcro ft, esq.
of Barcroft, in the county of Lancaster, and
was s. at his decease by his only daughter
and heiress,
Ruth Lech, of Booths, who espoused
Thomas Pennington, esq. of Chester, a cap-
tain in the army, and representative of a
branch of the Penningtons, of Muncaster.
She died in 1715-16, and was s. by her only
surviving son,
Thomas Penmvgton, esq. of Booths, who
assumed the surname and arms of LEGH.
He wedded Helena, daughter of Sir \\ il-
loughby Aston, bart. of Aston, and was s.
by his only son,
Peter Legh, esq. of Booths, b. 4th
March, 1722-3, who in 1745 completed the
erection of Norbury Booths Hall, a hand-
some and spacious mansion of brick. He
to. in 1744. Anne, daughter and co-heir of
Peter Wade, esq. by whom (who d. in 1794)
he had issue,
Peter-Pennington, who d. in the life-
time of his father, in 1777.
Thomas, who died also in his father's
lifetime, anno 1790.
WlLLOOGHBY, heir to his father.
John, successor to his brother.
Anne -Helena, m. in 1792, to John
Mathews, esq. captain R. N. and d.
the following year, s. p.
Mary, d. unm.
He d. 12th August, 1804, and was s. by his
eldest sur\i\ ing son,
WlLLOUGHBY Legh, esq. of Norbury
Booths Hall, b. 25th May, 1749, at whose
decease, unmarried, the estates devolved
upon his brother,
John Lech, esq. of Bedford-square, Lon-
don, and Torkington, in Cheshire, barrister
at law, who m. 29th March. \7U-2, Isabella,
daughter and co-heir of Kdiuund Dawson,
esq. of Wharton, in Lancashire, and had
issue,
Peter, his heir.
John, d. young.
Edmund-DawBon, b. in 1801, in holy
orders, incumbent of Trinity Church,
Queen-street, Lincolii's-inn -fields.
Anne, m. to William Clowes, esq.
Isabel], in. to the Rev. Bertie Johnson,
rector of Lymme, Cheshire.
Mr. Legh d. in April, 1S26, and was s. by
his elder son, the present Peter Legh, esq.
of Norbury Booths Hall.
Arms — Az. two bars or, over all a bend
gules ; quartering Pennington, of Mun-
caster, Leigh, of the West Hall, Corona, of
Adlington, Baggilegh, Sandbach, Lech,
Grosvenor, Barcroft, Wade, and Dawson.
Motto — Prudens, fidelis et audax.
Crest — An arm embowed, couped at the
shoulder, vested gules, hand ppr. holding a
sword erect, also ppr. a snake twisting-
round the same, arg.
Estates — In Cheshire.
Seats — Norbury Booths Hall, near K nuts-
ford, and Torkington Lodge, near Stockport,
both in the county of Chester.
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RAWSON, OF NIDD HALL AND BRADFORD.
RAWSON, BENJAMIN, esq. of Nidd Hall, in the county of York, and of Darley,
Hall, Lancashire, b. in 1758, m. in 1785, Elizaheth, only
surviving child of Thomas Plumbe, esq. second son of the
Rev. Thomas Plumbe, rector of Aughton and Moberley,
and canon of Windsor, by whom (who d. in November,
1807) he has had issue,
Jeremiah.
Charles, R.N. died at Antigua.
Thomas, who m. 26th July, 1824, Francis-Penelope,
third daughter of Col. Plumbe Tempest, of Tong
Hall (see vol. i. p. 288) and by her, who died 4th
May, 1825, he has au only daughter, Frances-
Penelope.
Benjamin.
William, lieutenant 87th Fusileers.
Brook \ wll° both died youn£*
Rachel, d. unmarried.
Mary.
Sarah, who in. 5th June, 1817, Major-general George
Guy Carlton-L'Estrange, of Moystown, in the King's
County.
Anne, m. 10th March, 1817, to Lieutenant-colonel
Thomas-Samuel Nicolls, youngest brother of Ed-
ward Nicolls, esq. of Swithamley Park, and has issue.
Elizabeth.
Margaret, who died young.
Mr. Rawson, who inherited the family estates at Bradford, having- considerably aug-
mented his fortune by tr<*le, purchased Nidd, his present residence, and other property
in Yorkshire.
Hincage.
The Ravensons or Rawsons were origi-
nally settled at Fryston, near Ferrybridge.
In the visitation of the county of York,
1585, there is a pedigree given of eight
generations, commencing with Robert Raw-
son, of Fryston, who lived temp. Richard
II. and who married Agnes, daughter of
Thomas Mares. A branch of which family
as is presumed from the similarity of arms
in the visitation of 1666, settled at Brad-
ford, in Yorkshire.
William Rawson, esq. of Bradford, whose
will bears date 18th March, 1549, had five
sons, viz.
i. William, who m. (as stated in the
visitation of Yorkshire, 1666) Agnes,
daughter and heiress of William
Gascoigne, esq. and thus acquired
the manor and estate of Shipley.
He had several children, of whom
William, his heir, m. Barbara,
daughter of William Hawks-
worth, esq. of Hawksworth, but
died s. p.
Thomas, the second son, died unm.
Laurence, the third son, wedded
Jane, another daughter of Wil-
liam Hawksworth, esq. of Haws-
worth, and had issue. Fourth
in descent from Laurence, was,
William Rawson, esq. who
m. Judith Prescot,and dying
without issue, in 1745, be-
queathed the Shipley estates
to his wife. That lady wed-
ded secondly, Dr. Jackson,
of Stamford, and had two
sons, Cyril, Dean of Christ-
church, and William, Bishop
of Oxford, whose executors
sold the manor and estate
of Shipley, to John-Wil-
mer Field, esq. of Heaton
Hall, near Bradford, York-
shire, the present possessor.
ii. Nicholas,
in. Richard.
iv. Paul.
48
BLACKER, OF CARRICK BLACKER.
v. Henry.
Tliird in descent from the fourth son,
Pail Rawson, esq. of Bradford, was
WlLUAM Rawson, esq. of Boiling, near
Bradford, who m. first, Martha, daughter of
AN illiam Pollard, esq. and had, with other
children,
William, his heir.
Hannah, m. to NVilliam Wainman, esq.
of Boiling.
He wedded secondly, Dorcas, daughter and
heiress of Timothy Brooke, esq. of Brook-
royd, near Birstall, and had (with five
daughters) a son,
BROOKE, who m. Susanna, daughter of
Benjamin Bower, esq. and had a son,
Bf.vi IMIN, heir to his cousin Jere-
miah.
Mr. Rawson was s. at his decease by his
eldest son,
NN i! i.iwi Rawson, esq. who built the pre-
Si nt mansion house at Bradford in 1705.
He married thrice, and by his second wife,
Grace, daughter and co-heiress of Jeremiah
Rossendale, esq. had, inter alios, a son and
successor,
Jeremiah Rawson, esq. of Bradford, who
espoused Frances, daughter of Richard
Sterne, esq. of Elvington, grand-daughter
of Archbishop Sterne, and cousin to Law-
rence Sterne, the author of the Sentimental
Journey. By this lady he had a son, Jere-
miah, and a daughter, Frances, but both
dying young, he left, at his decease, the
Bradford estates to his first cousin,
Benjamin Rawson, esq. who m. Anne,
eldest daughter of the Rev. Charles Steer,
rector of Handsworth, in the county of
York, and had issue,
Benjamin, b. in 1758, his heir.
Susannah,? , , .. ,
Mary \ l unm-
Anne, m. to John Cheyne, esq. lieu-
tenant R.N. and had one sou and a
daughter.
Mr. Rawson was s. at his decease by his
only son, the present Benjamin Rawson,
esq. of Bradford, Nidd, and Darley.
Arms — Per fesse sa. and azure, a castle
with four towers, arg.
Crest — A raven's head couped sa. gutte'
or, in its beak an annulet gold.
Estates — In Yorkshire and Lancashire.
Suits — Nidd Hall, near Knaresborough,
and Darley Hall, in Lancashire.
BLACKER, OF CARRICK BLACKER.
BLACKER, WILLIAM, esq. of Carrickblacker, in the county of Armagh, M.A.
lieutenant-colonel of the Armagh militia, and a deputv-lieutenant of that shire, 6. in
1780, vi. in 1810, Anne, eldest daughter of Sir Andrew Ferguson, hart. M.P. for
Londonderry. Col. Blacker was appointed Vice Treasurer of Ireland in January,
1817, and held office until 1829, when he resigned. He succeeded his father in
1 826.
Ilt'ncagc
men or Danes, who settled at Dublin in the
beginning of the tenth century. He was
the son of Godfred, and the grandson of
Imar. Succeeding his brother Amlave in
938, he led back the Danes to Dublin, from
whence they had been driven. In 940, he
plundered Clonmacnoise and Kildare, and
the next year he slew with his own axe, on
the 26th March, in a pitched battle on the
banks of the Bann, Mairchertach, King of
Ailech, called the Hector or bravest of his
time, and the day after he marched against
and sacked the city of Armagh. It is a
singular fact that his descendants have for
many generations possessed the site of this
victory ; the traditions of the country, the
remains of an ancient encampment, and the
discovery of both Danish and Irish weapons
This family derives its name and descent (some of which are now in the possession of
from Blacak, king or chief of the North- Colonel Blacker), strongly corroborate the
BLACKER, OF CARRICK BLACKER.
49
testimony of historians, in this particular.
In 943, Blacar Mas driven from Dublin by
a successful attack of the Irish, and he fell
in 946 near that city, with 1600 of his peo-
ple, vanquished by Congalach, King of Ire-
land, and was succeeded by his son, Sitric
Mac Blacar. By some authors he is called
Blaccard, and it is worthy of observation,
that the name is still frequently pronounced
by the lower classes of the people Blac-
kard. See Harris Ware, vol. i. p. 48.
Stewart's History of Armagh, p. 160. &c.
Captain Valentine Blacker, of Carrick,
in the parish of Sego and county of Armagh,
as he is described in old records, was born
in 1597. He m. Judith, daughter of —
Harrisson, esq. of Breagh, and had one
son, George, and a daughter, Violetta.
Captain Blacker purchased the manor of
Carrovvbrack, with courts leet, &c. from An-
thony Cope, esq. of Loughgall,22nd August,
1660. This manor is commonly known by
the name of Carrickblacker. During Cap-
tain Blacker's lifetime, and principally by
his means, the old church of Sego, now in
ruins, was built. He died 17th August,
1677, and was interred in Sego Church.
His only son and successor,
Major George Blacker, of Carrick and
Ballynaghie, both in the county of Armagh,
espoused Rosa, daughter of — Young, esq.
and had issue,
William, his heir.
Legard, died 29th August, 1686, and
was buried at Shankhill.
Robert, a captain, died 31st August,
1689, buried at Sego.
Frances, m. to John Tipping, esq. who
died 25th February, 1689, and was
buried at Sego.
Major Blacker was one of the gentlemen
obliged by James II. to proceed to London-
derry for the purpose of demanding the sur-
render of that city ; but remaining firm to
the cause of William, his name, together with
that of his son, William Blacker, gent, ap-
peared in the act of attainder of that day.
Mrs. Rose Blacker died 4th February, 1689;
the precise time of Major Blacker's demise
is uncertain, but it must have been shortly
after: both were buried in Sego church.
Major Blacker was s. by his eldest son,
William Blacker, esq. of Carrick and
Ballytroan, who built, in 1692, as appears
from a date cut on a stone in the wall, the
present manor house of Carrickblacker.
This gentleman m. first,before the year 1666,
Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon. Robert
Stewart, of Irry and Stewart Hall, in the
county of Tyrone, third son of the first baron
Castlestewart, descended from the dukes of
Albany, and by her (who died in January,
1678, and was buried at Ballyclog), he had
an only son,
Stewart, his heir.
Mr. Blacker espoused, secondly, late in
life, Miss Mathers, and had another son,
Samuel, of Tandragee, county of Ar-
magh, who m. 29th April, 1734, Mary,
daughter of — Corry, esq. of Rock
Corry, in the county of Monaghan,
and by her (who died 30th October,
1771) he left issue,
St. John Blacker, in holy orders,
rector of Moira, in the county of
Down, and afterwards preben-
dary of Inver, in Donegal, born
28th September, 1743, »i. first,
10th October, 1767, Grace,
daughter of Maxwell Close, esq.
of Elm Park, in Armaghshire,
and sister of Sir Barry Close,
hart. Mr. Blacker subsequently
resided at Twickenham, in Mid-
dlesex, and wedded, secondly,
Susan, daughter of Dr. Messiter,
of London. By his first wife
(who died 2nd April, 1798, and
was buried at St. Oswald's,
Chester) he had five sons and
four daughters, viz.
I. Samuel, in holy orders,
LL.D. prebendary of Mul-
labrack, in the county of
Armagh, born 29th Septem-
ber, 1771, m. first, Mary-
Anne, daughter of David
Ross, esq. of Rosstrevor,
and sister of major-general
Robert Ross, of Blodens-
bury, by whom he had, with
a son Henry, who d. s.p. one
daughter, Elizabeth, m. to
the Rev. N. Calvert, of
Hunsdon House, Herts. Dr.
Samuel Blacker wedded, se-
condly, Elizabeth, daughter
of Thomas Douglas, esq. of
Grace Hall, county of Down,
and has issue,
1. St. John.
2. Thomas.
3. Theodosia.
4. Elizabeth.
ii. Maxwell, of Dublin, K.C.
bencher of the Hon. Society
of King's Inns, and chair-
man of Kilmainham, born
14th March, 1773, called to
the bar in 1795.
in. William, of Gosford, born
1st April, 1776.
iv. Valentine, C.B. lieutenant-
colonel of the 1st regiment
of light infantry in the East
India Company's service ;
quartermaster-general of the
Madras army ; surveyor-ge-
neral of India, &c. born 19th
October, 1778, m. 22nd De-
E
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BLACKER, OF CARRICK BLACKER.
cember, 1813, Emma, daugh-
ter of Robert Johnson, esq.
of Liverpool, and had three
sons, Valentine - Samuel-
Barry ; Maxwell ; and St.
John, and one daughter,
Emma-Louisa-Rosa. Lieu-
tenant-colonel Blacker pub-
lished in 1821, "A History
of the Maharatta War," 4to".
with maps and plans ; and
also a magnificent Map of
Hindostan, from his own
survey. He died in 1823.
V. St. John, of Merion-square,
Dublin, lieutenant-colonel
in the first regiment of Ma
dras Native Infantry, born
14th March. ITsfi. ' m. in
L828, Anne Hammond, onlj
child of Sir Charles Morgan,
and has two daughters,
Charlotte and Isabella,
vi. Mary.
\n. Catherine, »//. 10th Ja-
nuary, 1804, to the Re\.
Charles Barker, canon of
Wells ; and secondly, to the
Rev. — Ball,
vin. Grace, m. 6th May, 1809,
to Robert Alexander, esq.
representative of the elder
branch of the Caledon fa-
mily, and has issue.
IX. Charlotte, vi. 8th Decem-
ber, 1808, to lieutenant-
colonel John Munro, and
has issue.
William Blacker, of Carrick, was s. at his
decease by his elder son,
Stewart Blacker, esq. of Carrick, born
in 1671. This gentleman espoused Eliza-
beth, daughter and heiress of William La-
tham, esq. of Brookend, in the county of
Tyrone, aud had issue,
I. Stewart, died in infancy,
u. William, his heir,
in. Latham, born 30th September,
1711, m. Martha, daughter of Peter
Beaver, esq. of Drogheda, by whom
(who died in September, 1802) he
left issue,
1. Beaver, who to. his cousin, Miss
Susan Blacker, and died in May,
1808, leaving a son,
Latham Blacker, esq. solicitor
to His Majesty's Customs,
Ireland, who m. 13th April,
1820, Catherine, daughter of
the Rev. George Miller,
D D. late Fellow of Trinity
College, Dublin, rector of
Denyvollen, county of Fer-
managh, and has Beaver
Henry, and other issue.
2. Henry, captain 65th regiment.
3. William, to. Miss Hamlyn ;
took that name for property,
and has issue.
4. Latham, major 65th regiment,
Newent, in the county of Glou-
cester, to. Catherine, daughter of
Colonel Maddisson, of Lincoln-
shire, and has had issue,
George, died unmarried, en-
sign 65th regiment.
Martha, to. to the Rev. John
Kendall, Meserdine, Glou-
cestershire.
Catherine, TO. to Richard Ons-
low, esq. son of Archdeacon
Onslow.
Theodosia, to. in 1832, to Lord
Monson.
5. Elizabeth, »>. to Henry Cod-
dington, esq. M.P. of Oldbridge,
and had issue. On the estate of
Oldbridge was fought the battle
of the Boyne, anno 1600.
IV. Henry, in holy orders, born 10th
July, 1713, w. Miss Martin, and had
a daughter, Frances, who died un-
married in 1H29.
v. George, of Hallsmill, in Downshire,
born 26th September, 1718, m. in
1717 Alicia, only child of Edward
Doudall.esq.of Mountown.in Meath,
(by Alicia Haughton, relict of —
Parsons, esq. brother of Sir William
Parsons, hart, father to the Earl of
RoBse) and had, with other issue,
James Blacker, magistrate of Dub-
lin, born 14th August, 1750, who w.
Miss Mansergh, and had, inter alios,
the Rev. George Blacker, chaplain to
the city of Dublin, and rector of Tag-
hadoe, in the county of Kildare.
vi. Babara, born 23rd October, 1706,
to. to James Twigg, esq. of Rohan
Castle, in the county of Tyrone.
Mr. Blacker rf. in 1751, aged eighty, and was
buried at Sego. He was s. by his eldest son,
William Blacker, esq. of Carrick and
Brookend, born 12th September, 1709. He
espoused, 8th August, 1738, Letitia, daugh-
ter of Henry Cary, esq. of Dungiven Castle,*
* George Cary, esq. of Redcastle, in the
countv of Donegal (descended from the C'arvs of
Clovelly, in Devonshire), m. Jane, daughter of
Tristram Beresford, esq. ancestor to the marquis
of Waterford, and, dying 22nd April, 1640, was
s. by his eldest son,
Francis Cary, esq. of Redcastle, who m. A vice,
sister to Captain Henry Vaugban, and was s at
his decease (being buried, with bis wife, in Red-
castle church) by bis son,
Robert Cary, esq. of White Castle, who died
in March, 1681, leaving a son,
Edward Cary, esq. of Dungiven Castle, in
BLACKER, OF CATUUCK BLACKER.
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M.P. for the county of Londonderry, by
whom he had twenty-one children, and to-
gether with those of his brothers, George
and Latham, made up the number of sixty,
seven of whom were killed in action in the
East Indies. Mr. Blacker died in 1783, at
the age of eighty, and was interred, beside
his wife, in the abbey church of Bath, in
which city he had resided the latter years
of his life. He left issue,
i. Stewart, his heir.
II. William, captain 105th regiment,
served in the American war. He m.
the dau. and heiress of Arthur Jacob,
esq. of Killane, in the county of
Wexford, and had, with another son
and four daughters, his heir,
William Blacker, esq. of Wood-
brook, in the county of Wex-
ford, who m. Anne Carew, daugh-
ter of the late M.P. for the
county of Wexford, and sister to
the present R. S. Carew, esq.
M.P. of Castleboro', lord lieu-
tenant of that shire, by whom he
left, at his decease in 1831, two
sons and two daughters, viz.
William, of Woodbrook.
Robert-Shapland.
Anne.
Susan.
Mi. Henry, a captain in the 62nd regi-
ment, who served in the American
war, and was wounded and taken
prisoner with General Burgoyne, at
Saratoga. He inherited from his
maternal uncle, the Rt. Hon. Edward
the county of Derry. This gentleman died 4th
June, 1686, leaving, inter alios,
Edward Gary, esq. father of
Henry Cary, esq. of Dungiven Castle, M. P.
for the county of Derry, who m. Anne, daughter
of George Hamilton, esq. of Milburn, in that shire,
and niece of General Hamilton, of Milburn, in
Lanarkshire, and had issue,
Edward (Right Honorable), M.P. for the
county of Derry, whom. 10th August, 1743,
Lady Jane Beresford, second daughter of
the first earl of Tyrone, but died s. p,
Frederick.
Letitia, m. to William Blacker, esq. of
Carrick, as in the text.
Martha, m. first, to Thomas Newburgh, esq.
of Ballyhaise, in the county of Cavan ; and
secondly, to Dean Cradock, of St. Patrick's,
Dublin.
The Right Hon. Lieutenant-general Frederick
Hamilton, of Milburn, in Lanarkshire, and of
Walworth, in Derry, M. P. for Coleraine, from
whom Sir Walter Scott is said to have drawn the
character of Morton ofMilwood, in his tale of" Old
Mortality," was, as above mentioned, the grand-
uncle of' the Right Hon. Edward Cary, and his
sister, Mrs. Blacker. He accompanied William
III. into Ireland, as aide-de-camp, where he obtain-
Cary, the house and property of
Milburn, in the county of Derry.
He d. 1st September, 1827, and was
buried at Coleraine, leaving his
estates to his nephew, the Rev.
Richard Olpherts.
IV. George, in holy orders, who d. vicar
of Sego, 1st May, 1810, aged 46.
v. Eliza, b. in 1739, ra. Sir William
Dunkin, judge of the supreme court
of Judicature, Bengal, and had, witli
other issue, Letitia, wife of Sir F. W.
Macnaghten, of Beardeville, in the
county of Antrim. Lady Dunkin
died at her house, in Devonshire-
place, London, 16th March, 1822.
vi. Barbara, m. to Richard Olpherts,
esq. of Armagh, and had issue.
vii. Martha.
vm. Alicia, m. in 1772, to General Sir
James Stewart Denham, hart. G.C.H.
of Coltness and Goodtrees, Lanark-
shire, colonel of the 2nd Dragoons.
IX. Jane, m. to James Fleming, esq.
of Belleville, in the county of Cavan,
and has issue.
x. Letitia, to. General the Hon. Ed-
ward Stopford, brother to the Earl
of Courtown, and has issue.
xi. Lucinda.
The eldest son and successor,
The Very Rev. Stewart Blacker, of
Carrick, Dean of Leighlin, and latterly
Rector of Drumcree, and Vicar of Sego,
bom in 1740, espoused Eliza, daughter of
Sir Hugh Hill, bart. M.P. of Londonderry,
by whom (who d. 27th February, 1797) he
ed large possessions. He wedded Jane, daughter
of Sir Randal Beresford, bart. of Coleraine, by
whom he had no issue. She died in 1716, Gene-
ral Hamilton in 173'2, and both were buried in
Walworth church, under a handsome monument.
Having, bv his will, bearing date 25th August,
1731, devised his leases of the manor of Wal-
worth, and divers other lands, which he held
from the Fishmonger's Company, London, to his
nephew, Viscount Tyrone, he leaves his estates in
the counties of Tipperary and Kildare to Frederic
Carv, second son of his niece Anne, daughter of
his brother George, and wife to Henry Carv, esq.
of Dungiven Castle, and his heirs male, remainder
to her younger sons and their heirs male, they re-
spectively to take and use the surname of Hamil-
ton ; remainder to Edward, her eldest son, and his
issue, male and female, &c. He bequeathed £50.
towards rebuilding the ancient abbey of Holycross,
with ^£350. to be laid out at interest, or in pur-
chasing lands, the annual produce thereof to be
paid for ever to the clergyman who performs the
service of the said church, and =£30. to the poor of
the parish of Taunafinlagan, county of Derrv. The
Cary family failing in heirs male, these estates
descended to the Blackers, and on the death of
Dean Blacker were sold ( November, 1831), under
a decree of the Court of Chancery.
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MONTAGU, OF LACKHAM.
had ("with other children who d. young) four
sons and five daughters, viz.
i. William, his heir.
II. George, b. 27th December, 1784,
captain in the Hon. E. I. C. 17th
Infantry, m. Anne, daughter of Cap-
tain William Sloane, Royal Bengal
Artillery, and had issue,
1. Stewart, A.M. barrister-at-law,
b. 1st January, 1808.
2. Eliza-Hill.
3. Hester-Anne.
4. Sophia-Maria.
Captain George Blacker died 31st
August, 1815, soon after the battle of
Kolunga, deeply lamented by all to
whom he was known. The native
soldiers overcame their ancient pre-
judices of caste and bore him to his
grave, and his brother officers erected
a handsome monument to his memory,
at Saliarumpore.
III. Stewart, capt. R.N. posted in 1821,
d. unm. 26th April, 1*26.
IV. James-Stewart, A.M. in holy orders.
Rector of Keady, in the county of
Armagh, b. 16th February, 1797, m.
30th November, 1H24, Eliza, eldest
daughter of Conyngham Greg, esq,
of Ballymenoch, in Downshire, and
has issue,
1. Stewart-Beresford, b. in De-
cember, 1826.
2. Conyngham, b. in April, 1832.
3. Eliza.
4. Sophia.
v. Letitia, m. to George Studdert, esq.
of Bunrotty Castle, county of Clare,
and d. 8th April, 1831, leaving issue.
VI. Sophia, Mi. first, to Matthew Forde,
esq. of Seaforde, in the county of
Down, and secondly, in 1818, to
William-Stewart Hamilton, esq. of
Brownhall, county of Donegall.
She d. in June, 1829, leaving issue,
vn. Eliza, who m. first, Hugh Lyons-
Montgomery, esq. of the county of
Leitrim, and of Laurencetown, in
Downshire, by whom (who was killed
by a fall from his horse, 26th April.
1826) she had issue, She wedded
secondly, at Tours, in France, 29th
September, 1830, Monsieur de Chom-
pre, Royal Cuirassiers.
viii. Louisa, m. to John Rea, esq. of
St. Columbs, in the county of Derry,
by whom (who died in 1832) she left
at her decease in 1815, two daugh-
ters, the elder of whom, Elizabeth,
espoused her cousin, George Hill, esq.
now of St. Columbs, nephew and heir
to the Right Hon. Sir George F. Hill,
bait. Governor of Trinidad,
lx. Caroline, d. unm. 30th April, 1828.
Dean Blacker died 1st December, 1N2<>,
aged 86, and was .v. by his eldest son, the
present William Blacker, esq. of Carrick.
Arms — Arg. gutte de sang, a Danish
warrior armed with a battle axe in the dex-
ter, and a sword in the sinister hand, all
ppr. quartering the ensigns of Harrison,
Stewart, Latham, Hamilton, Beresford, and
Cary.
Crest — Anciently a Danish battle-axe —
Latterly the same supported by an arm in
armour, ppr.
Motto — Pro Deo et Rege.
Estates — Armagh and Down.
Seat — Carrick, Portadown.
MONTAGU, OF LACKHAM.
MONTAGU, GEORGE-CONWAY, esq. of Lackham, in the county of Wilts,
b. 24th June, J 776, m. 29th December, 1803, Margaret,
daughter of Richard Green Wilson, esq. of Lancaster, and
has issue,
Frf.deric-Conway, h. 3rd October, 1805.
James-Augustus, b. 5th July, 1810.
Eleanor-Louisa.
Mr. Montagu succeeded his uncle 12th July, 1797
MONTAGU, OF LACKHAM.
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ILintaqe.
This is a branch of the Montagus, Earls
of Manchester, springing from
Sir Henry Montagu, first Earl of Man-
chester. His lordship wedded, first, Cathe-
rine, second dau. of Sir William Spencer,
of Yarnton, in Oxfordshire, third son of Sir
John Spencer, of Althorpe, and had issue,
Edward, second Earl of Manchester,
ancestor of the present Duke, (refer
to Burke's Peerage and Baronetage).
Walter,who having embraced the Catho-
lic religion, retired into a monastery
in France, and attracting the notice of
the Queen Mother, Mary de Medicis,
was received into the special favour
of that princess, and eventually ap-
pointed by her, Abbot of St. Martin's
Abbey, near Pontoise, in the diocess
of Rouen. He was also of her ca-
binet council, and the chief instru-
ment of introducing Cardinal Maza-
rine to her majesty. He died in 1670,
and was buried in the church be-
longing to the Hospital of Incurables,
at Paris.
James, founder of the family now before
us.
Lucy, m. to Hugh Hare, LordColeraine.
Theodosia, d. unmarried.
The Earl espoused, secondly, Anne, daugh-
ter and heiress of William Wincot, esq. of
Langham, in the county of Stafford, and
widow of Sir Leonard Halliday, knt. lord
mayor of London, but had no issue. He m.
thirdly, in 1620, Margaret, daughter of John
Crouch, esq. of Cornbury, in Hertfordshire,
and relict of John Hare, esq of Tolleridge,
by whom he had
George, ancestor of the extinct Earls
of Halifax.
Susannah, m. to George Brydges, sixth
Lord Chandos.
The Earl of Manchester died in 1642. His
third son.
The Hon. James Montagu, wedded,
11th November, 1635, Mary, daughter and
sole heiress of Sir Robert Baynard, of Lack-
ham, in the county of Wilts, knt. by Ursula,
his wife, daughter of Sir Robert Stapleton,
of Wighill, in Yorkshire, and had issue,
I. Walter, who pre-deceased his father,
s. p.
ii. James, his heir,
m. George.
IV. Robert,
v. Henry,
vi. Sidney.
vii. Edward,
vin. Charles.
ix. William.
X. Mary, m. to Thomas Ewer, esq. of
Bushy Hall, Herts.
Hon. James Montagu died 1st February,
1665, aged sixty-three, and was buried in
Lackham Aisle, Lacock, Wilts. His eldest
surviving son,
James Montagu, esq. of Lackham, in
the county of Wilts, m. Diana, daughter
of Anthony Hungerford, esq., of Farley
Castle, and had,
Edward, his heir.
James, successor to his brother.
Anthony.
Robert.
Mr. Montagu died in 1675, and was s. by
his son,
Edward Montagu, esq. of Lackham, at
whose demise, issueless, in 1710, the es-
tates devolved on his brother,
James Montagu, esq. of Lackham, who
espoused, in 1716, Elizabeth, daughter of
Sir John Eyles, of South-Broom Hall, in
Wiltshire, and had issue,
I. James, his heir.
II. Edward, a master in chancery, who
died in 1789, leaving a son,
Gerard, who m. 5th June, 1785,
Mary- Anne, dau. of — Doughty,
esq. and had issue,
1. Edward Proudfoot, who m.
Mary-Anne, dau. of Capt.
James Everard, and has
issue.
2. George, in holy orders, who
m. 18th November, 1817,
Emily, daughter of the Rev.
William Younge,Chancellor
of Norwich, and has issue.
3. Edgar, barrister-at-law.
4. Magdalena, m. to Captain
Robert Hockings, R.N.
5. Louisa-Henrietta.
6. Mary-Anne.
in. John, an admiral in the royal navy,
who d. in 1795, leaving issue,
George (Sir), G.C.B. an admiral,
b. in 1750, m. in 1783, Charlotte,
daughter and co-heir of George
Wroughton, esq. and had issue,
1. George - Wroughton
Wroughton - Montagu, b.
24th September, 1788, a
lieutenant - colonel in the
army.
2. John, b. 18th January,
1790, a captain R.N.
3. James, b. 10th April, 1791,
a captain R.N.
4. Edward, in holy orders,
who d. in 1820.
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CLIFTON, OF CLIFTON AND LYTHAM.
6.
7.
Georgiana, m. in August,
1808, to Vice-admiral Sir
John Gore, K.C.B.
Charlotte^
Sophia, V all died unm.
8. Anne, J
Sir George died 24th December,
1829.
John, in holy orders, D.D. who d.
unmarried in 1818.
James, a captain R.N. killed 1st
June, 17!H.
Edward, a lieutenant-colonel of
artillery, killed 8th May, I7!t!).
He >n. I7<ri. Barbara, daughter
of John Fleetwood, esq. and had
three sons, \ iz.
1. Edward, h. 7th July, 1796.
2. John, b. 2l>t lugust, 17i)7.
in. in August, 1*23, Jessie,
daughter of Colonel Edward
V. \\ oreley, Royal Artil-
lery.
3. George, b. 11th December,
17!)s.
Sophia, m. to Sir George Thomas,
hart.
IV. Diana.
v. Elizabeth.
\ I. .lane.
]\lr. Montagu died
in Lackham Aisle.
in 1717, and was buried
His eldesl BOD and suc-
cessor,
.1 wii s Md\ i M.i . esq. of Lackham, wed-
ded Elizabeth, daughter and Bole heiress of
William Hedges, esq. of Uderton Hall,
"\\ ilts, and had issue,
I. JAMES, his heir.
II. George, of Knowle House, in the
county of De\ on, a lieutenant-colonel
in the army, who m. Anne, daughter
of William Courtenay, esq. by the
Lady Jane Stuart, his wife, daughter
of the Earl of Bute, and had issue,
George-Conway, heir to his uncle.
James, died, a prisoner of war in
France, unm.
John, died unm.
Frederic, captain in the 23rd foot,
slain at Albuera, 16th Max,
1811.
Louisa, vi. to Matthew Crawford,
esq.
ill. Arabella, m. in October, 1794, to
Ralph Dorville Woodford, esq. of
Devonshire.
IV. Harriet, m. in July, 1792, to the
Rei . Daniel Currie, who died in May,
1809.
V. Eleanor.
VI. Charlotte, m. to — Smith, esq. of
Hill Hall, Kssex.
\ ti. Elizabeth, »i. to Rev. — Higgen-
son, rector of Roud, in the county of
W ilts.
Mr. Montagu died in 1790, and was s. by his
son,
James \|n\m,r, esq. of Lackham, at
whose decease s. p. 12th July, 1797, the
estates passed to his nephew, the present
Geokge-Conway MONTAGU, esq. of Lack-
ham.
Arm* — Quarterly, 1st and 4th, arg. three
lozenges conjoined, in fesse gu. ; 2nd and
3rd, or, an eagle displayed vert, beaked
and numbered gu.
Crest — A griffin's head couped, wings ex-
panded, or, gorged with a collar, arg.
charged with three Lozenges gu.
Motto — Disponendo, nun mutando me.
Estates — In Wilts.
Seat— Lackham Abbey, Wilts.
CLIFTON, OF CLIFTON AND LYTHAM.
CLIFTON, THOMAS, esq. of Clifton, and Lytham Hall, in the county of Lancaster,
b. 29th January, 1788, m. 17th March, 1817, Hetty,
daughter of Peregrine Treves, esq. Postmaster-general of
Calcutta, and relict of David Campbell, of Killdaloig, in
Argyleshire, North Britain, and has issue,
John-Talbot, h. March, 1819.
Henry, b. May, 1820.
Charles-Frederick, b. June, 1822.
Edward-Arthur, b. 1825.
Augustus-Wykeham, b. 1829.
Mr. Clifton succeeded his father on the 23rd March, 1832.
Dming the war he served in the 14th regiment of Dragoons,
under the Duke of Wellington, in Portugal and Spain. He
is a magistrate, and deputy-lieutenant for the county of
Lancaster.
CLIFTON, OF CLIFTON AND LYTHAM.
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Hincaw.
Among the sixty-one manors in the hun-
dred of Amounderness, in the county of
Lancaster, enumerated in Domesday-book,
which were then held by Roger de Poictore,
but which he subsequently forfeiting to the
crown, were afterwards bestowed upon
Herveus, grandfather of Theobard Walter,
Lord of Amounderness, and first hereditary
butler of Ireland, A.D. 1172, are Clistuu,
(now Clifton, about five miles from Pres-
ton) Westbie, Saluwie, Plumpton, which for
many centuries have been the inheritance
of the Cliftons, of Clifton. The precise
period when the first ancestor of Clifton
seated himself at Clifton, cannot be ascer-
tained. The most probable conjecture is,
that either Roger de Poictore, or Herveus,
the great grantees of the crown, bestowed
part of their vast possessions upon their
officers and followers, to be holden of them
or of their superior lords. One of these
ofhYi rs may reasonably be presumed to
have seated himself at Clifton, and in con-
formity to the almost invariable practice
of those times acquired his patronymic
of Clifton, from the place of his residence.
The first person whose name occurs on au-
thentic record is
William de Clifton, who held ten caru-
cates of land in the hundred of Amounder-
ness, in the 42nd Henry III. A.D. 1257.
He was one of the collectors of the aids for
the county of Lancaster, and was succeeded
by his son,
Gilbert de Clifton, who during part of
the reigns of Henry III. and Edward I.
executed the office of Seneschal to Henry
de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, Lord of Clitheroe
and Blackburnshire, &c. ; he served the
office of sheriff of Lancashire in the years
1278, 1286, 1287, 1289, and died 17th Ed-
ward II. A.D. 1323, possessed of the manors
of Clifton and Westby, lands in More Ham-
let, Skales, Filde Plumpton, Magna Filde,
Plumpton Parva, and Gosenargh, (Inq.
P.M.) He had issue,
William, his successor.
Thomas.
Henry.
John.
The eldest son,
Sir William de Clifton, in Septem-
ber, 4th Edward III. A.D. 1329, settled
the manor of Salwyk on his son William,
and Margaret, his wife, the daughter of Sir
Robert Shireburn, of Stonyhurst, in the
county of Lancaster. This gentleman was
elected knight of the shire in September,
1302, jointly with Gilbert de Singleton, and
again in 1304, with William de Banastre.
By his wife Elen, he was father of his suc-
cessor,
Sir William de Clifton, knt. who in
September, 4th Edward III. A.D. 1329,
married Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert
Shireburn, knt. By deed of 21st Septem-
ber, 1348, he entailed the manors of Clifton
and Westby upon his issue male. On the
25th December, 1354, he settled the manor
of Goosnargh upon his son Nicholas, and d.
in the 40th Edward III. A.D. 1365, leaving
his wife, Margery, surviving, (Inq. P.M.)
he had issue, ♦
Sir Nicholas de Clifton, knt. who
served in the wars in France, and was ap-
pointed governor of the castle of Ham, in
Picardv, by letters patent, 14th January,
7th Richard II. A.D. 1383. He in. Elea-
nor, daughter of Sir Thomas West, knt. of
Snitterfield, in the county of Warwick, and
of Rughcombe, in the county of Wilts,
(ancestor of the Lords de la Warr) who
was one of the principal commanders in the
reign of Edward III. and Richard II.
Alice, the widow of Sir Thomas West, by
will, dated 15th July, 1395, gave to Sir
Nicholas de Clifton, and Eleanora, his wife,
her daughter, and their son Thomas, £L20.
He left issue,
Robert de Clifton, his successor.
Thomas de Clifton, legatee under the
will of his grandmother, the Lady
Alice West, of 15th July, 1395.
The eldest son,
Robert de Clifton, was knight of the
shire, for the county of Lancaster, A.D.
1382, in the 5th Richard II. and for twenty-
five days wages received £10. and again in
the 6th Richard II. 13b3, and for thirty-
six days wages received £l0. 8*. He had
issue,
Thomas Clifton, his successor.
Roger Clifton, who was in the retinue
of Sir Thomas West, in the expedi-
tion of King Henry V. into France,
A.D. 1415.
James Clifton, in the retinue of Sir
Richard Hastings, in the same ex-
pedition. ( Nicolas' s History of the
Battle of Agincourt, p. 252, 253.)
He was s. by his eldest son,
Thomas Clifton, whose name appears in
the list of the retinue of King Henry V.
into France, in 1415, which terminated
by the battle of Agincourt, 25th October,
1415. (Nicolas, p. 278.) He settled lands
in Goosnargh and Wood Plumpton, upon
his son, James, on his marriage with Mar-
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CLIFTON, OF CLIFTON AND LYTHAM.
garet, daughter of Sir Richard Huddlestone,
of Milium Castle, in the county of Cumber-
land, knt. who died in the lifetime of his
father, without issue, on the 8th September,
1419. Thomas Clifton died in 1442, leaving
by his wife, Agnes, daughter of Sir Richard
Molyneux, of Sephton, knt. a son, his suc-
cessor,
Richard Clifton, who on the 4th Octo-
ber, 21st Henry VI. 1442, paid forty shil-
lings to Thomas de Latham, receiver of the
rents of the Duchy of Lancaster, on obtain-
ing livery of his lands in Clifton, Westbj
Field, Plumpton, Salwyk, and Barton. In
1460, he settled lands in Salwyk on his son
James. He m. Alice Butler, daughter of
John Butler, of Rawcliffe in the county of
Lancaster, and had issue, James Clifton,
w bo m. Alice, daughter and heir of James
Lancaster, of in the county of West-
moreland, 1st March, 3Gth Henry VI. A.D.
1457. He d. 6th Henry VII. A.D. 1490,
(Inq. P.M.) and was succeeded In his son,
Robert Clifton, who »<. Margaret,
daughter of Nicholas Butler, of Bewsey, in
the county of Lancaster, by whom he had
two sons,
Cuthbert, his successor.
William, who in 1516, on the division
of the estates of his elder brother,
Cuthbert Clifton, who died without
male issue, by the award of Justice
Brudenell and Serjeant Palmes,
had the manor of Wortley, and its
dependencies, allotted to him. This
gentleman will be found carrying on
the male line of the family.
The elder sou and heir,
CrriiBERT Clifton, of Clifton, m. Alice,
daughter and co-heir of Sir John Lawrence,
of Ashton, in the county of Lancaster, knt.
By deed of November, 18th Henry VII.
A.D. 1502, he settled his estates upon him-
self for life, and to his issue male, with
remainder to his brother, William. He d.
in 1512, leaving an only daughter,
Elizabeth, who m. first, Sir Richard
Hesketh, knt. of Rufford, in the
county of Lancaster, but had no
issue by that gentleman, who died in
1520. She wedded secondly, Sir
William Molyneux, knt. of Sephton,
who became in consequence, Lord of
Clifton. By Sir William, who died in
July, 1548, she had an only daughter,
Anne Molyneux, who espoused
Henry Halsall, esq. of the county
of Lancaster, and conferred upon
him the Lordship of Clifton,
which remained with his des-
cendants until it again merged
in the Clifton family, by the
marriageof Anne Halsall, daugh-
ter of Sir Cuthbert Halsall, with
Thomas Clifton, of Westby.
Cuthbert's younger brother and continuator
of the male line,
W illi am Clifton, of Westby, m. Isabell,
daughter of — Thornborough, of Hamps-
field, in Lonsdale North, settlement dated
28th August. 1517. and had issue,
Thomas, his successor.
William.
Ellen.
He was s. by his eldest son,
THOMAS Clifton, esq. of Westby, who
m. Ellen, daughter of Sir Alexander Os-
baldiston, of Osbaldiston, in the county of
Lancaster, knt. and had issue,
CUTHBERT, his heir.
William.
Ellen, wife of Arthur Hoghton, esq. of
Kirkham.
Isabel, wife of — Holcroft. second son of
Sir James Holcroft, of Holcroft. knt.
The elder son,
Cuthbert Clifton, of Westby, esq. m.
Catherine, daughter of Sir Richard Hogh-
ton, knt. of Hoghton, and d. 1696, leaving
issue, four sons and four daughters, viz.
Thomas, his successor.
\\ Qliam.
John.
Cuthbert.
Ellen, wife of Thomas Singleton, of
Boston, in the county of Lancaster,
esq.
Elizabeth, wife of William Butler, of
Rawcliffe, esq.
Mary, wife <>i Richard Booth, esq.
Ann, wife of Nicholas Butler, younger
brother of William Butler, of Raw-
cliffe.
He was s. by his eldest son,
Thomas Clifton, esq. of Westby, who
m. Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Norris,
of the Speke, in the county of Lancaster,
knt. and was succeeded by his son,
Sir Cuthbert Clifton, knt. of Westby.
This gentleman m. first, Ann, daughter of
Thomas Tildesley, of Morley, in the county
of Lancaster, by whom he. had issue,
Thomas, his successor.
Cuthbert, colonel in the army of King
Charles I., slain at the siege of
Manchester, October, 1642.
Elizabeth, m. Sir William Gerard, of
Bryn and Garswood, knt. and bart.
He m. secondly, Dorothy, daughter of Sir
Thomas Smith, knt. of Wootton Walwyns,
in the county of Warwick, (ancestor of
Smith, Lord Carrington, extinct in 1705)
and by her had a numerous issue, viz.
I. Lawrence, major in the royal armyr,
killed at Shelford House, in the
county of Nottingham, 27th October,
1645.
II. Francis, a captain in the royal armyr,
killed at the first battle of Newberry,
20th September, 1643.
CLIFTON, OF CLIFTON AND LYTHAM.
Hi. John, a captain in the royal army,
killed at Shelibrd House, 27th Oc-
tober, 1645.
IV. Ann, m. Richard Norris, of the
family of Speke.
v. Alice, m. Richard Massey, of Rix-
ton, esq.
vi. Jane, m. Thomas Ecclestone, of
Ecclestone, esq. in the county of Lan-
caster.
vii. Dorothy, a nun, at Paris.
VIII. Catherine, a nun, at Antwerp.
IX. Mary, m. William Latham, of Mos-
borne, in the county of Lancaster,
esq.
Sir Cuthbert, on 14th February, 1606, pur-
chased the manors of Marton and Lytham, of
Sir John Holcroft, knt. He died in 1634,
and was s. by his eldest son,
Thomas Clifton, esq. of Westby, who
wedded Anne, daughter and co-heir of Sir
Cuthbert Halsall, of Halsall and Clifton,
and thus the latter estate became again the
possession of the Cliftons. Of this marriage
there was issue, viz.
I. Cuthbert, heir to his father.
II. Thomas, successor to his brother.
in. John, who in. a daughter of Tho-
mas Blackburn, esq. of Orford, and
was father of
Thomas, of whom presently, as
successor to his uncle, Sir Tho-
mas Clifton, bart.
iv. William, d. 26th November, 1695.
v. Richard.
vi. James, who settled in Maryland,
m, the daughter of — Bent, and had
three sons, Thomas, William, and
James, with three daughters, Mary,
Bridget, and Catherine, all living
24th January, 1691.
vn. Anne.
vin. Elizabeth, a nun, at Dunkirk.
IX. Dorothy, a nun, at Gravelines.
x. Alice, m. to Alexander Rigby, esq.
of Aspull.
XI. Bridget, m. to Thomas Westby, esq.
of Mowbrick, in Lancashire.
xii. Frances, m. to — Holgate, esq.
xiii. Margraret, ) , r> i-
° ' } nuns, at Gravelines.
xiv. Ann, >
Mr. Clifton d. 15th December, 1657, and
was s. by his eldest son,
Cuthbert Clifton, esq. of Westby and
Clifton. This gentleman in. in 1641, Mar-
garet, daughter and sole heir of George Ire-
land, esq. of Southworth, in the county of
Lancaster, but dying without issue, was s.
by his brother,
Sir Thomas Clifton, b. 7th July, 1628,
and created a baronet, in 1662. He in.
first, Bridget, daughter of Sir George Hene-
age, of Hainton, in the county of Lincoln, by
whom he had several children, who all died
young, except Mary, who m. Thomas sixth
]
Lord Pf.tre. Sir Thomas espoused, se-
condly, Bridget, daughter of Sir Edward
Hussey, knt. of Hunnington, in the county
of Lincoln, by whom he had,
Thomas, b. in 1668, died in 1688, and
buried in Kirkham church.
Bridget, m. to Sir Francis Andrews, of
Denton, in the county of Northamp-
ton.
Sir Thomas Clifton, with Lord Molyneux,
and several other catholic gentlemen of
rank, were unjustly accused of treason, in
1689, and all acquitted. He died 13th No-
vember, 1694, when the baronetcy became
extinct, and the estates devolved upon his
nephew,
Thomas Clifton, esq. who m. Eleanora-
Alathea, daughter of Richard Walmsley,
esq. of Dimkinhalgh, in the county of Lan-
caster, and had issue,
I. Thomas, b. 30th August, 1696.
II. Mary, b. 13th November, 1697, in.
Sir George Mostyn, of Talacre, in
the county of Flint, bart.
in. Isabel, b. 27th May, 1699.
iv. Ann, b. 4th June, 1701.
v. Elizabeth, b. 7th September, 1703,
m. Sir William Gerard, of Bryn,
bart.
vi. Cuthbert, b. 3rd January, 1706.
vu. Julia, b. 4th October, 1707.
He d. in 1720, and was succeeded by his
son,
Thomas Clifton, esq. of Clifton, Westby,
and Lytham, b. 30th August, 1696, m. the
Hon. Mary Molyneux, daughter of Richard,
fifth Viscount Molyneux, by whom (who
wedded, secondly, 8th February, 1752, Wil-
liam Anderton, esq. of Euxton Hall, in the
county of Lancaster), he had issue,
Thomas.
Mary, in. Sir John Massey Stanley, of
Hooton, bart.
Isabel, a nun, at Ghent.
Juliana.
Eleonora.
He died 16th December, 1734, and was s.
by his son,
Thomas Clifton, esq. of Clifton, Westby,
and Lytham, b. 9th January, 1728, who
married three wives, first, on 10th June,
1750, Catherine, daughter of — Eyre, esq.
of Hassop, in the county of Derby, who
died without issue ; secondly, Ann, dau. of
Sir Carnaby Haggerstone, in the county of
Northumberland, bart. by whom (who d.
22nd February, 1760) he had two daughters,
who died infants ; and thirdly, 29th Sep-
tember, 1760, Lady Jane Bertie, daughter
of Willoughby, third Earl of Abingdon,
and by that lady (who d. 25th February,
1791) he had,
John, his successor.
Eleonora, in. Thomas Scarisbrich Ec-
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MAC CAUSLAND, OF STRABANE.
clestone, esq. of Scarisbricli and Ec-
clestone, living a widow, May, 1833.
Catherine, m. 29th May, 1789, "to John
Talbot, esq. brother of Charles, six-
teenth Earl of Shrewsbury, and died
May, 1791.
Sophia, living unm. May, 1833.
Mr. Clifton, who built Lythara Hall, died
11th May, 1783, and was succeeded by his
eldest son,
John Clifton, esq. of Clifton, Westby,
and Lytham, b. 25th January, 1764, who ///.
23rd November, 1785, Elizabeth, dau. of
Thomas Riddell, of Felton Park and Swin-
burne Castle, in the county of Northumber-
land, by whom, who died 19th November,
1825, he had issue,
i. Thomas, his heir.
II. John, b. 20th May, 1790, of the
Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn, m.
28th April," 1817, Maria, youngest
daughter of John Trafford, esq. of
Trafford, in the county of Lancaster,
and has issue,
1. Cuthbert-William,
2. John.
3. Edmund.
hi. William, l>. 13th .Inn.'. 1791.
i\. Edward, /». 17th February, L794,
served in the Coldstream Guards in
Spain and Prance under the Duke of
Wellington, 1814, m. Idtfa January,
1819, to Eliza, third daughter of
Thomas S. Ecclestone and Eleonora
Clifton, and has issue,
1. Thomas Clifton.
2. William Clifton.
3. Harriet.
4. Edward Gerard Clifton.
v. Charles, b. 5th July, 1796, d. De-
cember, 1825.
vi. Elizabeth, married in August, 1814,
at Mary-le-bone Church, London,
to Charles Thomas Conolly, esq. of
Midford Castle, in the county of
Somerset.
\n. Mary, d. 5th July, 1800.
VIII. Harriet.
Mr. Clifton died 23rd March, 183:2. and was
succeeded by his eldest son, the present
THOMAS CUFTON, esq. of Clifton and L\ thain
Hall.
Arms — Sa. on a bend arg. three mullets
gules.
Crest — \ dexter arm, embowed in ar-
mour, holding a sword, ppr.
Motto — Mortem aut triumphum.
"Estates — Manors of Clifton, Lytham,
Marton, Salwick, Westby, and l'lumpton,
and estates in \\ barton, Laton, in the Fylde
district of Amounderness Hundred, in the
count) <>t Lancaster.
Town Residenct — Carlton Terrace.
Seats — Clifton and Lytham Hall.
MAC CAUSLAXD, OF STRABANE.
MAC CAUSLAND, The Rev. OLIVER, rector of Finlagan, in the county of Lon-
donderry. /,. 6th November, 1757, m. in 1785, Hannah,
daughter of Redmond Conyngham, esq. of Letterkenny, in
the county of Donegal, and has issue,
John, Captain R. N. b. 8th August, 1789.
Redmond-Conyngham, in holy orders.
Elizabeth, m. to Robert Ogilby, esq. of Woodbank, in
the county of Londonderry.
Mary- Anne.
Letitia.
Hannah.
Caroline.
This gentleman, who succeeded his father in 1804, claims
to be chief of the clan of the Macauslanes, of Glenduglas,
in Dumbartonshire.
MAC CAUSLAND, OF STRABANE.
59
Hfncaac.
A Scottish writer, Buchanan, of Aughmar,
who published a work at Glasgow in 1723,
states that the founder of the Mac Auslanes
in Scotland, was one Buey Anselan, son of
O'Kyan, King of Ulster, who (when the
Danes, to avenge the Massacre of Limerick,
persecuted and destroyed numbers of the
Irish,) passed over to Scotland with a body
of followers in or about the year 1016, and
that the said Anselan, having given great
assistance to Malcolm II. in his wars, was
rewarded by that king with grants of lands
of considerable value, and a splendid coat
of arms. (The same monarch conferred
about the same time similar grants upon the
family of Keith, and several others.) Bu-
chanan goes on to state that the territory
so conferred was called the " lands of Bu-
chanan ;" but that the tradition is, that this
Buey Anselan married an heiress of the
name of Denniestoun, and in her right ac-
quired those lands. He establishes the
fact, however, that Anslan took up his abode
there as " Buey Anselan, Dominus de Bu-
chanan," and that his successors were all
Lairds of Buchanan. Of these feudal chiefs
he gives a regular dynasty, beginning in
the year 1016, with the said Anselan ; the
second laird, in 1060, he denominates John
Mac Auslane, and he proceeds until he
extinguishes the line with the last of the
lairds, John, who flourished in 1682, leaving
an only daughter and heiress.
Such is Buchanan's descent of the Bu-
chanan family, the younger sons of the dif-
ferent lairds of which founded the numerous
branches now bearing the name. His state-
ments, however, concerning the branch
which always adhered to the designation of
Mac Auslane are not so clear : the first of
those barons to be found, he says, is one
Malcolm, whose name was inserted as a wit-
ness to a charter, granted by Malcolm, Earl
of Lennox, of the lands of Luss, to John,
Laird of Luss, about the year 1250, the sig-
nature to that charter being " Malcolm,
Baron Mac Auslane." The next he men-
tions is one " Mac Beth, Baron Mac Ause-
lane," of whom there are various traditional
accounts as to his stature and uncommon
strength. He lived about the year 1400.
The third baron was Alexander, " last Baron
Mac Auselane," whose only daughter mar-
ried one of the Campbells, after whose death
she sold her inheritance to Sir Humphry
Colquhoun, of Luss, her superior. Bu-
chanan proceeds then to observe " that the
best account of the name of Mac Auselane
are now settled in the counties of Tyrone
and Derry, in the north of Ireland," and
that those are descended from " the Baron
Mac Auslane who went out of the parish of
Luss, about the latter period of the reign of
King James VI." From this baron the
family before us claims descent.
Baron M' Auslane, of Glenduglas, came
over to Ireland in the latter end of King
James I.'s reign, about the year 16U0, and
left two sons, Andrew and John. Of the
younger the line is now extinct. The elder,
Andrew M'Auslane, had a son,
Alexander M'Auslane, who served in
the army in Ireland before the year 1649,
as appears by the auditor-general's accounts
of the period, wherein the said Alexander is
stated to be entitled to a share of the for-
feited and debenture lands, and to a share
of money as one of the adventurers and sol-
diers before the rebellion of 1641. He set-
tled in the county of Tyrone, and was at
his death possessed of the manors of Ard-
strath, Mountfield, and others. He in.
Genet, daughter of Edward Hall, esq. of
New Grange, in the county of Meath, and
had issue,
Oliver, his successor.
Andrew, of Ardochil, m. and left a
son,
Alexander, of Ardochil, who died
in July, 1762, at the advanced
age of one hundred years.
Anne.
Catherine, m. to William Colhoun, of
Newtown Stewart.
Margery, m. to David M'Clenahan, of
Newtown Stewart.
Alexander died in 1675, and was s. by his
elder son,
Oliver M'Ausland, esq. styled of Stra-
bane, in the vicinity of which town he re-
sided. This was a distinguished person,
being no less than twelve times returned to
the Irish parliament by the borough of
Strabane. In the parliament of 1695 he is
entered on the Rolls as " Oliverius Mac
Causland, Armiger ;" and served the office
of sheriff for the county of Tyrone in 1687.
He appears likewise to have held some
military commission, as we find it stated,
under " Castlestewart," in Lodge's Peer-
age of Ireland, that he had been em-
ployed upon a mission of importance by
Lord Mountjoy and Colonel Lundy. He
m. Jane, daughter of James Hamilton,
esq. and sister of the Rev. Andrew Hamil-
ton, and had issue,
no
MAC CAUSLAND, OF STRABANE.
John, his successor.
William, of Mountfield and Rash, to.
Elizabeth, dau. of George Hamilton,
esq. of the city of Dublin, but d. s. p.
Oliver, of Strabane, m. Rachel, daugh-
ter of James Hamilton, esq. of Hamil-
ton's Grove, in the county of Antrim,
and had an only daughter, Rose.
Jane, to. to — Sampson, esq.
Catharine, w. to John Leslie, esq.
Oliver Mac Cansland, who possessed large
estates in the county of Donegal, died in
1722, and was s. by his eldest son,
John Mac Causland, esq. of Strabane,
and the manors of Stranorlar and Castlefin,
M.P. for Strabane, in the years 1725 and
1727, who wedded Amy-Jane, daughter of
Thomas Norris, esq. of the count) of Down,
and of Speke, in Lancashire, by whom he
had issue,
I. Oliver, his heir.
II. Alexander, of Rush, m. Anno, dau.
of James Nesbitt, esq. of Lifford, in
the county of Donegal, and was father
of
1. John (Rev.), of Lifford. who m.
first, Mary, daughter of the Eli r.
Thomas Burgoyne, of Lifford,
and had three daughters. He
espoused, secondly, Hannah,
widow of Thomas Gerard, esq.
of the county of Meath, by whom
he had John, and four daughters.
2. Andrew.
3. Henry.
4. , to. to — Shirling, esq.
and living in 1814.
5. Anne, to. to — Ball, esq.
III. Rebecca, w. to the Rev. John Ha-
milton, of Newcastle, in the county
of Limerick.
iv. Mary, to. to Doctor Moore, of Lon-
donderry.
He d. in 1728, and was s. by his elder son,
OlIVEB Mac Causland, esq. of Strabane,
M.P. for Strabane, in 1729 and 1731. This
gentleman to. Anne-Jane, daughter of Wil-
liam Hamilton, esq. of Waterhouse, in the
county of Lancaster, and had two sons and
three daughters, viz.
i. John, his successor.
it. Oliver, to. Jane, daughter of Wil-
liam Murray, esq. of Mount Murray,
in the county of Meath, and had, with
five daughters, a son, who d. s. p.
III. Margaret.
iv. Alice, to. to General Charles Eus-
tace.
v. A mie- Jane, w. to Edward Shaw, esq.
Mr. Mac Causland d. in 1756, and was s. by
his elder son,
John Mac Causland, esq. of Strabane,
four times returned to parliament, by the
county of Donegal, who to. Elizabeth, dau.
of the Rev. W illiani Span, of Ballmacove,
in that shire, and was father of
OLIVER (Rev.), present representative
of the family.
William-James, of Dublin, to. Susan,
daughter of the Rev. J. Waters, of
the town of Tipperar\ , and has issue.
Catherine, m. to the Right Hon. Wil-
liam Conyngham Plunket, Lord
Plunket, Lord Chancellor of Ire-
i wn, (see Burke's Peerage ana
Baronetage.)
He died in November, 1804, and was *. by
his elder son, the PRESENT REV. OLIVER
M \< Cai BLAND, rector of Finlagan, in the
county of Derry.
Arms — Or, within a double tressure, flory
COUUti Tllory with fleurs-do-h s sa., a lion
rampant of the second, holding in his dexter
paw a sabre, or crooked sword, ppr.
Crest* — A hand couped, holding a duke's
coronet, or cap of maintenance, surrounded
with two laurel brandies wreathed.
Mottoes — Over the crest, Audaces Juvo ;
beneath the shield, Clarior bine honos.
Residence — Finlagan.
* This crest was conferred by the Dauphin of
France upon Sin Alexander Mac Auselane, one
of the Scottish lairds of the family, for his dis-
tinguished bravery at the battle of Beauge, in
Anjou, anno 1421, where he is said to have slain
Thomas Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, the
brother of King Henry V. The French com-
mander in that engagement was the Marshal de
la F'avette, ancestor of the existing and celebrated
General la .Fayette.
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RUSH, OF ELSENHAM HALL.
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RUSH, GEORGE, esq. of Elsenham Hall, in the county of Essex, b. 29th April,
1785, m. in 1810, his cousin, Clarissa, daughter of Sir
William Beaumaris Rush, of Wimbledon, in Surrey, and
has issue,
George-William.
Arthur-Heath.
Alfred.
Clarissa.
Angelica.
Maria-Theresa.
Ellen-Charlotte.
Emily.
Mr. Rush, who is a magistrate, and deputy-lieutenant
for the county of Essex, served the office of high-sheriff
for Northamptonshire in 1813.
Utagt.
Samuel Rush, esq. of Bishop's Stortford,
in the county of Herts (grandson of Samuel
Rush. esq. of Clapham, second son of Wil-
liam Rush, esq. of Colchester), living in
1740, m. a lady named Henrietta-Maria, but
of what family is not recorded, and had issue,
l. William, of Lambeth, baptized at
Stortford, 18th Februarv, 1722-3.
He m. 18th September, 1748, Mary,
daughter of George Smith, gent, of
London, and had issue,
1. William-Beaumaris (Sir), who
inherited an estate at Roydon,
in Suffolk, which was afterwards
sold to Admiral Sir Hyde Par-
ker, and after his death resold,
and the mansion (which had cost
the preceding Mr. Rush £30,000)
pulled down. Sir William then
removed to Wimbledon, where
he resided for the last thirty
years of his life. He wedded,
10th April, 1782, Laura, daugh-
ter of Crenier Carter, gent, of
Southwark, by whom (who died
14th November, 1822) he had
six daughters, viz.
Laura, m. at Glasgow, in
1801, to Basil Montagu, esq.
of Gray's-Inn, barrister-at-
law, editor of the works of
Lord Bacon. She died at
Wimbledon,16th June, 1806,
leaving issue.
Julian-Caroline, m. in 1803,
to John Leach, esq. of Chel-
sea, and has issue.
Charlotte, m. in 1806, to John
Martin Cripps, esq. of
Stanton, in Sussex, and has
issue.
Clarissa, m. in 1810, to the
present George Rush, esq.
of Elsenham.
Angelica, m. in 1816, to the
Rev. Edward Daniel Clarke,
LL.D. the celebrated tra-
veller.
Louisa, m. in 1812, to John
A. Knipe, esq. of Belterbet,
in the county of Cavan.
2. Samuel, of Kensington, for-
merly of the Customs, London,
b. in 1752, who m. Henrietta-
Maria, daughter and heiress of
Thomas Coulston, esq. of Chel-
sea, and died in 1820.
ii. John, d. unm.
m. George, of whom presently,
iv. Jane, m. first, to — Ingram, esq. of
London, and secondly, to Thomas
Coulston, esq. of London.
v. Mary, m. to — Roberts, esq.
vi. Elizabeth, m. to — Corner, esq.
The third son,
George Rush, esq. of Farthingho, North-
amptonshire, wedded Kitty, daughter of
William Heath, esq. of Stanstead Mount
Fitchet, in the county of Essex, and had
issue,
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SUTTON, OF ELTON.
George, his heir.
Bridget, m. to — Ogilvie, esq. of Lon-
don, and d. s. p. in 1821.
Henrietta,) ,
Kitty, '\d.unm.
Mr. Rush died in 1803, and was s. by his
son, the present George Rush, esq. of
Elsenham Hall.
Arms— Quarterly, gu. and arg. on a fess
party per pale, vert and or, between three
horses eourant counterchanged, as many
ro undies likewise counterchanged.
Crest — A wolf's head erased vert, langued
gu. guttee d'or, on a collar or, three tor-
teaux.
Motto— Un Dieu, un roi, une foi.
Estates— In Essex, ike.
S,at — Elsenham Hall, Essex.
SUTTON, OF ELTON.
SUTTON, GEORGE-WILLIAM, esq. of Elton Hall, in the county of Durham,
h. 17th October, 1801, m. 21st April, 1824, Olivia, second
daughter of Henry Stapylton, esq. of Norton, senior male
descendant of the ancient family of Stapylton, of Myton,
and has surviving issue,
William-George, h. 18th July, 1828.
John-Stapylton, b. 23rd November, 1832.
Grace.
01i\ ia-Stapylton.
Mary-Bathurst.
This gentleman, whose patronymic was Hutchinson, (see
family of Hutchinson) assumed, on the 17th October,
1822, the surname and amis of Sutton, in compliance
with the testamentarv injunction of his great uncle, George
Sutton, esq. of Elton.
Ilmcnac.
George Sutton, gent, of Thornborough,
in the North Riding of Yorkshire, made his
will in 1640. He left two sons, John and
George. The elder,
John Sutton, gent, of Thornborough,
had with several other children, a son,
Thomas Sutton, esq. b. in 1657, of Stock-
ton and Hartburn, in the county of Durham,
who wedded in 1693, Rachel, daughter of
— Jefferson, esq. of Elton, in the county of
Durham, and had with three elder children,
all deceased s. p. a son,
William Sutton, esq. of Elton, Hart-
burn, and Forceby, all in the county of
Durham, born in 1701. This gentleman
espoused in 1727, Mary, daughter of J.
Watson, esq. of Stockton, and had issue,
I. Thomas, ) who both died young,
II. William, $ in 1734.
in. George, his heir.
iv. John, of the Hon. E. I. C. Service,
b. in 1737, who m. Mary, daughter
of Edmund Bunting, esq. of Stock-
ton, but died s. p. in 1792.
v. Jane, died in infancy.
vi. Mary, who m. in 1757, Charles
Bathurst Sleigh, esq. of Arkendale,
in the county of York, and had issue.
William Sleigh, of Stockton and
Arkendale, lieutenant colonel of
the 83rd foot. This gentleman,
b. in 1758, m. Ann, daughter and
heiress of J. Ward, esq. of Bilr
lingham, in Durham, but cl.
issueless in 1825.
Mary Sleigh, who m. in 1800, the
Rev. Thomas Allason, of Hed-
don, in Northumberland, but had
no issue.
Frances Sleigh, who d. in infancy.
Elizabeth-Caroline Sleigh, who
wedded in 1800, John Hutchin-
son, esq. and had issue,
George- William, heir to his
great uncle, George-Sut-
ton, esq. of Elton.
Charles-Sleigh Hutchinson.
Henry Hutchinson.
William Hutchinson.
Mary Hutchinson.
Anne Hutchinson, m. in 1827,
to B. Old, esq.
SUTTON, OF ELTON.
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Lucy Hutchinson.
William Sutton, of Elton, died 4th April,
1769, and was s. by his eldest surviving- son,
George Sutton, esq. of Elton, b. 26th
June, 1735, a magistrate for the county of
Durham, who m. in 1780, Grace, youngest
daughter of William Horsfall, esq. of Stor-
thes Hall, in the West Riding of York-
shire, but dying s. p. 4th February, 1817,
at the advanced age of 82, bequeathed his
estates to his grand nephew, George-Wil-
liam HUTCHINSON, who assuming, in conse-
quence, the surname and arms of Sutton,
is the present George-William Sutton,
esq. of Elton.
FAMILY OF BATHURST.
This family was originally seated in Sus-
sex, at a place called Bathurst, not far
from Battle Abbey, of which, however, it
was despoiled during the wars of the Rose's.
Lawrence Bathurst lived temp. Henry
VI. at Cranebrook, in Kent. He left at
his decease, three sons, viz.
I. Edward, of Staplehurst, ancestor of
the present Earl Bathurst.
II. Robert, of whom presently.
III. John, who had lands in Staple-
hurst, by gift of his father.
The second son,
Robert Bathurst, esq. of Horsmanden,
in Kent, espoused first, a daughter of Wil-
liam Saunders, esq. and had issue,
I. John, of Horsmanden, ancestor of
Sir Edward Bathurst, created baronet
in 1643, a title not extinct.
II. Paul, who m. Elizabeth, daughter
and heiress of Edward Hordon, esq.
of Hordon and Finchcocks, in Kent,
and by her acquired the latter manor,
and had issue.
Robert Bathurst wedded secondly, and had
two other sons,
in. Robert, of Lismore, in Ireland.
iv. John.
The youngest son,
John Bathurst, esq. of Gondhurst, in
Kent, 7ti. Dorothy, daughter of Edward
Maplesden, esq. of Marsden, in the same
shire, and had issue,
Edward, who died unm. in 1673, aged
seventy-seven years.
John.
Richard, King's Avenor, 1620.
The second son,
John Bathurst,M.D. of London, became
subsequently of Richmond and Arkendale,
in the county of York. He espoused Eli-
zabeth, daughter and heiress of Brian Wil-
lains, esq. of Clintz, and had issue,
Christopher, M.D.
John, who d. young.
Theodore, successor to his father.
Charles.
Francis.
Edward.
Dorothy.
Elizabeth, m. to Sir R. Blake, of
Clerkenwell.
Mary.
Dr. Bathurst died in 1659, and was s. by
his eldest surviving son,
Theodore Bathurst, esq. of Scutter-
skelf, Clintz, and Arkendale, in the county
of York, born in 1646. This gentleman
m. Letitia, only daughter of Sir John Re-
pington, knt. of Warwickshire, and had
three sons, Theodore, who d. in infancy ;
Charles, his heir; and Repington, with
two daughters, Mary and Letitia. The
eldest son,
Charles Bathurst, esq. of Clintz, Skut-
terskelf and Arkendale, living in 1712,
represented the borough of Richmond, in
parliament. He m. Frances, daughter of
Thomas Potter, esq. of Leeds, and had issue,
i. Charles, his heir.
II. Mary, who m. William Sleigh, esq.
of Stockton, and had issue,
1. Charles-Bathurst Sleigh, of
Stockton and Arkendale, b. in
1734, grandfather (as before
stated) of the present
George- William SuTTON,esq.
of Elton.
2. William, a captain in the Guards,
who d. in 1759.
3. Elizabeth, who m. first, Ralph
Whitley, esq. of Aston Hall,
Flintshire, and secondly, the
Venerable Benjamin Pye, D.D.
Archdeacon of Durham.
4. Frances, m. to George Hoar,
esq.
III. Jane, who m. William Turner, esq.
of Kirkleatham, in Yorkshire, father
of the first Sir Charles Turner, bart.
iv. Frances, m. to C. F. Forster, esq.
of Buston, in Northumberland.
Mr. Bathurst was s. at his decease by his
only son, Charles Bathurst, esq. of Scut-
terskelf, Clintz, and Arkendale,* high she-
riff* for Yorkshire, who m. the daughter of
— Hendry, gent, of Elton, but dying s. p.
in 1740, his estates devolved upon his sisters
as co-heirs.
Arms — Gu. a castle or, thereon a stork
ppr. for Sutton, quartering the ensigns of
Sleigh and Bathurst.
Crest — -A stork ppr. holding in the dexter
claw a rose, and charged on the neck with
a cross patee gules.
Estates — Elton and Hartburn, and in the
parishes of Norton and Redmarshall, in
Durham, with the manor and estate of
Forceby, in Cleveland.
Seat — Elton Hall, Durham.
* This estate was sold about twenty years ago
by Colonel Sleigh to G. Brown, esq. of Stockton.
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STANDISH, OF STANDISH.
STANDISH-STRICKLAND, CHARLES, esq. of Standish Hall, in the county-
palatine of Lancaster, b. 15th March, 1790, m. in February,
1822, Mademoiselle Emmeline Conradine, daughter of
M. de Mathiesen, by his wife, Mademoiselle Rose Hen-
riette Peronne de Sersey (niece of Madame la Comtesse
de Genlis,) and has issue,
Charles-Henry-Widdrixgton-Lionel, b. 23rd Ja-
nuary, 1823.
Charles-Frederick, b. 20th April, 1824.
Charles-Edward, b. March, 1829.
Mr. Standish succeeded his father, Thomas Strickland-
Standish, esq. on the 4th December, 1813. He is a
magistrate, and deputy-lieutenant for the county of
Lancaster.
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The following; pedigree is compiled from
an Abstract of the Charters and Muniments
at Standish, drawn up by the late Rev.
Thomas West, domestic chaplain of the
Strickland family, author of the " History
of Furness Abbey," &t\. who deplored the
wanton destruction of a chest containing
a collection of ancient charters, anterior to
the 6th of Henry III. anno 1221. In which
year he found that
— DE Standish, who had married Mar-
garet, daughter and co-heir of Robert de
Ilulton, became in her right possessor of
the manor of Shevington, and that he was
s. by his son,
Thurston de Staxdish, who, on the 4th
February, nth Henry III. anno 1221, levied
a fine of lands in Shevington, which he in-
herited from his mother, Margerie, daugh-
ter and co-heir of Robert de Hulton. He
was living in the 20th of the same reign,
A.I). 1235-6, and had a son,
Ralph de Staxdish, who had two sons,
viz.
Jordan, his successor.
Hugh, who m. in the 34th Edward I.,
1306, Alice, daughter of Sir Richard
Molyneux, of Sephton, knt. and was
ancestor of Richard Standish, esq. of
Duxbury, in Lancashire, created a
baronet by King Charles II. in
1676, a title which became extinct
upon the death of Sir Frank Standish,
the third baronet, while the estates
passed to Frank Hall, son of An-
thony Hall, esq. of the county of
Durham, who thereupon assumed the
name and arms of Standish. This
branch is now represented by Augus-
tus Hall Standish, of Duxbury, esq.
The elder son,
Jordan de Standish, who succeeded his
father, is witness to a deed of Emma de
Shotyl worth, 1st Edward I. A.D. 1271. He
had issue,
\\ u.i.iAM, his successor.
Mabel, m. at the church door (ad Os-
tium Ecclesiae) of Wigan, 13th Edw.
I. anno 1285, to Henry, son of Rich-
ard Trulshagh.
Alice, in. to Richard de Ince. This
lady was living in 1304.
Jordan was s. by his son,
William de Standish, first witness to a
grant from Robert de Nortunleygh, dated
2nd Edward I. A.D. 1273. In the 12th
Edward II. 1318, he entailed half the manor
of Standish and Longtree, with the advow-
son of Standish, on his son, John de Stand-
ish, and Margaret his wife. He had two
wives, Alianor and Margaret, and was s. by
his son,
Johx de Standish, Lord of Standish,
who, in the 6th of Edward III. A.D. 1332,
confirmed to his son, William, and Mar-
garet his wife, the eighth part of the manor
of Shevington, with land in Standish, in fee
tail. In the same year, he is mentioned as
being patron of the church of Standish.
He is witness to a deed, 24th Edward III.
STANDISH, OF STANDISH.
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1350, the first writing in which mention is
made of pit coal being found at Standish.
His issue were,
I. William, who in. in 1332, Margaret,
daughter of Adam Holcroft, of Hol-
croft, and d. issueless.
ii. Henry, who s. his brother.
III. Edmond, living in 1332, and d. s. p.
IV. Ralph (Sir), living in 1332. From
numerous documents it appears that
this Sir Ralph de Standish found
means to keep his elder brother,
Henry, out of the possession of the
estates, for after his death, in 1384,
Henry is proved to have entered into
agreements with Elizabeth his wife,
then remarried to Thomas Lampet,
and John de Standish, his son, that
they should deliver up to the said
Henry the lands formerly possessed
by the said Sir Ralph. Sir Ralph
had married twice, first, Mary, dau.
of — de Ince, by whom he had
John (Sir), styled in all deeds
" Loud John."*
Eleanor.
Joan, in. to John Sansbraur.
His second wife was named Eliza-
beth, who, as already stated, re-
married Thomas Lampet. She was
living in the year 1406. By this
lady he had two other sons,
Nicholas.
Ralph, upon whom, and his wife
Joan, his father settled consider-
able estates.
Sir Ralph de Standish had a grant
of free pardon under the privy seal,
for all offences and breaches of the
peace, dated 10th April, 1352.
v. Robert,
vi. John.
* This Sir John de Standish is mentioned by
Froissart and Hollingshed as being in the ser-
vice of Richard II., and attendant in his suite at
the memorable meeting of the king with the rebel
Wat Tyler, in the year 1381, the manner of
whose death is thus narrated by the former: — after
depicting the bold propositions and insolent de-
portment of the blacksmith, he thus proceeds: —
" Yes truely quod the mayre, (William Wal-
worth) thou false stynkynge knave, shalt thou
speke thus in the presence of the kynge, my
natural lorde ? I commytte never to ly ve with-
out thou shalt derely ahye it, and with those
wordes, the mayre drewe out his swerde and
strake Tvler so great a stroke on the heed that
he fell downe at the feet of his horse, and as he
was fallen they envvro.ied hym all aboute, whereby
he was not sene of his company. Then a squyer
of the kynges alyted, called Johu Standysshe, and
he drewe out his sworde, and put into Wat
Tyler's belye, and so he dyed." On this occasion,
Walworth, the lord mayor, several citizens, and
John Standysshe, were knighted.
vii. Gilbert, clerk, who was rector of
Standish from 33rd Edward III. to
22nd Richard II. (1359 to 1398).
The second son,
Henry de Standish, on the death of his
younger brother, Sir Ralph, about the year
1384, recovered the family estates. He in.
Joan, daughter of .... , upon whom his
father settled, 17th Edward III., 1343, lands
in Shevington. By her, who survived him,
he had, with a daughter, Alice, who es-
poused, in 1369, Hugh Standish, of Dux-
bury, a son, his successor, in 1396,
Ralph de Standish, of Standish, who, in
the loth Richard II. (1392) was sheriff of
Lancashire,t and in six years afterwards
(1398) had grant of free pardon from the
crown. He wedded Cecilia, daughter of
. . . . , and had bad issue,
i. Lawrence, his successor.
ii. Alexander, inducted into the rectory
of Standish, to which he was pre-
sented by his father, Ralph, on the
death of Gilbert de Standish, in 1398.
in. Gilbert, living 30th September,
1411. (13th Henry IV.)
iv. John, a military man, and one of
the heroes of the Battle of Agin-
court, 25th October, 1415.
V. Elizabeth, married by dispensation
granted 5th Henry IV. 1403, to
Richard, son of Gilbert de Longtree.
vi. Isabel.
Ralph and his wife were both living in 1411,
and he in 1414. He was s. at his decease
by his eldest son,
Laurence de Standish, of Standish,
who espoused, in 1398, Lora, daughter of
Sir Roger de Pilkingfon, and had, with a
daughter, contracted, 7th Henry V., (1419)
to marry John de Birkenhead, a son, his
successor at his decease, in 1432,
Sir Alexander de Standish, knt. of
Standish. This gentleman, in the 2nd of
Henry VI., had a grant of twenty marks
per annum, for his good services, to be paid
out of the Duchy of Lancaster. In the pre-
vious reign, 9th Henky V. 1421, he con-
tracted to marry Constance, daughter of
John Gerard, of Bryn. By this lady, who
survived him, he had issue,
I. Ralph, his heir.
H. Laurence,
in. Oliver,
iv. Robert,
v. Peter, of Erley, in the county of
Lancaster, living in 1483, and had a
son, James Standish, married to Con-
stance, daughter of .
Sir Alexander d. in 1445, and was s. by his
eldest son,
t In 1384, we find a Robert de Standish was
sheriff of the same county .
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all living in the 8th
Edw. IV. 1468.
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STANDISH, OF STANDISH.
Ralph de Standish, of Standish, who,
having probably taken part with the house of
York, had two general pardons from Henry
VI. in the thirty-first year of that monarch's
reign. He m. Margaret, daughter and co-
heir of Sir Richard Radcliffe, of Chadder-
ton, by the daughter and heir of — Chad-
derton, of Chadderton, in the county of
Lancaster, and he made a division of that
manor, in 1404, with Robert Radcliffe. He
had issue,
I. Alexander (Sir), his successor.
There is a deed extant, dated 30th
Henry VI., contracting, on the part
of his father, for this gentleman's
marriage with Sibil, daughter of
Henry Bold, of Bold. One of the
parties to the contract is Hoger de
Standish, parson of Standish ; the
marriage settlement is dated 36th
Henry VI. A.D. 1457.
II. Thomas.
III. Brian,
iv. Gilbert,
v. Lawrence,
vi. Hugh.
Ralph Standish died in 1460, about which
time the " De" is omitted before the family
name. He was s. by his eldest son.
Sir Alexander Standish, of Standish,
not. then a knight, but raised to that honor
for his services at the battle of Hutton
Field, Scotland, in 1482. He espoused, on
the 1st January, 1461, Sibilla, daughter of
Henry Bold, of Bold, and had one son and
three daughters, viz.
Ralph, his heir.
Catharine, m. in 1497, to Thomas, son
of Sir Christopher Standish, knt. of
Duxbury.
Grace.
Alice.
Sir Alexander d. in 1507, and was s. by his
son,
Ralph Standish, of Standish, who had a
general pardon from the crown in the 1st of
Henry VII., 1485. He m. (contract dated
16th August, 1497) Alice, one of the daugh-
ters and co-heirs of Sir James Harrington,
knt. of Wolfage, in the county of North-
ampton, which manor the lady had in dower.
By her he had issue,
Alexander, his successor.
Anne, m. to Sir John Holcroft, knt. of
Holcroft.
Agnes, m. to Thomas Ashton, of Cros-
ton.
Jane, m. to James Bradshaw, of the
Haigh, in the county of Lancaster.
He died at the advanced age of eighty, in
1538, having made his will on the 18th Oc-
tober, 1534, and was s. by his son,
Alexander Standish, of Standish, who
espoused, in 1518, Ann, daughter of Sir
William Molyneux, knt. of Sephton, and
was father of
i. Ralph, who died issueless, and was
succeeded by his brother.
II. Edward, who inherited from Ralph,
in. Jane, m. to Roger Bradshaw, of
the Haigh.
iv. Alice, m. to Hugh Anderton.
v. Agnes,
vi. Isabel, m. to Thomas Lathom, of
Parbold.
vii. Eleanor, m. to William Warton, of
Warton, in the county of Lancaster,
vin. Margaret, m. to Lambert Tyldes-
ley, of Gerrett, in Lancashire.
The second son, and eventual representa-
tive of the family,
Edward Standish, esq. of Standish, had
livery of seizin, of the manors of Standish,
&c. 7th Edward VI. anno 1553, for which
he paid £-21. 10*. to the Court of Wards
and Liveries. He St. Ellen, daughter of
Sir William Ratcliffe, knt. of Ordsall, in
the county of Lancaster, and had four sons,
\iz. ALEXANDER, hia heir; Ralph; Edward,
who d. 1st June, 1633; and Thomas, who
died 27th July, in the same year. He died
in 1603, (having erected Standish Hall, in
I ")7 I, ) ami was s. by his eldest son,
Alexander Standish, esq. of Standish,
who wedded Elizabeth, daughter and heir
of Adam Hawarden, esq. of Wolston, in
Lancashire, (settlement dated 20th August,
1574) by which alliance, Wolston came to
the Standish family. He died in 1624,
leaving issue,
Ralph, his successor.
John.
Thomas, died unm.
Alexander, living 25th October, 1583,
died unm.
Margaret, m. to Thomas, second son
and eventual heir of Robert Hesketh,
esq. of Rufford, in the county of
Lancaster.
Ellen, who was the third wife of Henry
Banaster, esq. of the Banke, in the
county of Lancaster.
The eldest son,
Ralph Standish, esq. of Standish, wed-
ded Bridget, daughter of Sir Richard Moly-
neux, of Sephton, knt. sister of Richard,
first viscount Molyneux, and had two sons
and two daughters, viz.
Edward, his heir.
Alexander, colonel of Horse, in the
service of King Charles I.
Frances, m. to Sir Thomas Tyldesley,
knt. of Morley, Major General under
the Earl of Derby. He was killed at
the battle of Wygan, 25th Aug. 1651.
Elizabeth, died unm.
Mr. Standish died in 1656, and was s. by
his elder son,
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Edward Standish, esq. of Standish,
who m. I lth November, 1(532, Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir Francis Howard, of Corby
Castle, in the county of Cumberland, (mar-
riage contract dated 18th June, 1632, lady's
fortune £1500) and left at his decease,*
William, his successor.
Bridget, died unm.
Mary, m. to — Daniel, of Heton Place,
near Sudbury, Suft'olk.
Elizabeth, m. to John Witham, esq. of
Clift*e,in the county of York (see p. 6.)
The son and heir,
William Standish, esq. of Standish, was
twenty-six years of age, at the visitation in
1664. He wedded Cecilia, daughter and
sole heir of Sir Robert Bindlosse, bart. of
Borwick Hall, in the county of Lancaster,
by whom (who d. 19th January, 1729-30)
he had Ralph, his successor, with Mary
and Cecilia, who both died unm. He died
8th June, 1705, and was s. by his son,
Ralph Standish, esq. of Standish. This
gentleman in. first, Lady Philippa Howard,
daughter of Henry, Duke of Norfolk, by
his second Duchess, Jane, daughter of Ro-
bert Bickerton, esq. by whom, (who died
5th April, 1731) he had issue,
I. Ralph-Howard, who m. 4th June,
1730, Mary, eldest daughter of George
Butler, esq. of Ballyragget, in Ire-
land, and had two sons, Ralph and
Edward, who both died in infancy.
He died himself at Kilkenny, in
April, 1735, his father then living.
II. George-Howard, d. unm.
in. William,
iv. Henry,
v. Anne,
VI. Philippa, I all of whom died un-
vii. Charlotte, (" married.
viii. Mary.
ix. Cecilia, of whom presently.
Ralph Standish was living in 1752, at the
advanced age of 82. His
tea and eventually sole heiress,
Cecilia Standish, espoused William
Towneley, esq. of Towneley, in the county of
Lancaster, by whom (who died at Bath, 2nd
February, 1741, in the 28th year of his age,
and was buried in the church of Bath Wes-
ton) she had issue,
i. Charles Towneley, esq. b. 1st Oc-
tober, 1737. This gentleman pos-
sessed the Towneley estates, and was
according to Whitaker's History of
Whalley Abbey, 29th in descent
from Spartlingas, Dean of Whalley.
He was distinguished for his exqui-
site taste in the fine arts, and formed
the splendid collection of marbles,
now in the British Museum, called
* He was living at the visitation of Lancashire,
22nd September, 1664.
died infants.
youngest daugh-
the Towneley Marbles. He died
unmarried, 3rd January, 1805, and
was s. by his younger brother,
Edward.
n. Ralph Towneley-Standish, esq. who
on the death of his father and mother,
inherited the estates of Standish, and
Borwick Hall. He was b. 18th June,
1739, and m. to Henrietta, ninth
daughter of Roger Strickland, esq.
of Catterick, in the county of York,
but died s. p. when the estates passed
to his brother, Edward.
in. Edward Towneley-Standish, of
whom presently.
iv. Cecilia Towneley, b. 30th July,
1741, m. first, 20th April, 1762, to
Charles Stickland,t esq. of Sizergh
Park, in the county of Westmorland,
by whom (who d. 6th October, 1770)
she had issue,
1. Thomas Strickland, of whom
hereafter, as inheritor of the
Standish Estates.
2. William Strickland, an officer
in the army, who died in the
West Indies.
3. Charles Strickland, d. in 1775.
4. Mary-Cecilia, m. 27th Febru-
ary, 1785, to Edward Stephen-
son, esq. of Farley Hill, in Berk-
shire, and Scaleby Castle, in the
county of Cumberland. She died
at Paris, in 1817, leaving issue.
Mrs. Strickland wedded secondly,
15th April, 1779, Gerard Edward
Strickland, esq. of Willitoft, in the
county of York, (see Strickland,
page 59. vol. i.)
The youngest son of the heiress of Standish
and William Towneley,
Edward Towneley-Standish, esq. b. 25th
June, 1740, inherited at the decease of his
elder brothers, the estates of his late father
and mother. He m. Ann, daughter of Basil
Thomas Eccleston, esq. of Eccleston and
Scarisbrick, in the county of Lancaster, but
died without issue, on the 28th March, 1807,
when the estates of Standish, by the family
settlements, became vested in (his sister's
eldest son) his nephew,
Thomas Strickland, esq. of Sizergh, in
the county of Westmoreland, who assumed
by sign-manual, on inheriting-, the surname
and arms of Standish. He m. first, 24th
February, 1789, Anastasia, elder daughter
and co-heir of Sir John Lawson, bart. of
Brough, in the county of York, by whom
he had issue,
Charles Stickland-Standlsh.
Thomas Strickland, of Sizergh, (see
vol. i. p. 55.)
t Refer to family of Strickland, of Sizergh,
vol. i. p. 55.
(is
RAWLINGS, OF PADSTOW.
Anastasia, d. unm. in 1809.
Elizabeth, d. unm. in September, 1813.
Monica, in. in December, 1827, to Sir
John Gerard, hart, of Bryn. In vol.
i. p. 59, this lady is erroneously
stated to have been the daughter of
the second marriage.
He wedded secondly, Catherine, youngest
(laughter of Sir Robert Gerard, bart. of
Byn, but had no further issue. He died
4th December, 1813, leaving a widow sur-
\iving, who is still living (June, 1833). Mr.
Strickland-Standish devised the Standish
estates to his elder son, the present Charles
Strickland-Standish, esq. of Standish,
and his paternal inheritance to the younger,
Thomas Strickland, esq. now of Sizergh.
Arms — Quarterly ; first and fourth, sable,
three standing dishes argent, for Standish.
Second and third, sable, three escallop shells
argent, for Strickland.
Crests — An owl with a rat in its talons,
ppr. Standish. A holly bush, ppr. Strick-
land.
Estates — In Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Seats — Standish Hall, near Wigan ; and
Caton, near Ripon.
RAWLINGS, OF PADSTOW.
S
ft
RAWLINGS, WILLIAM, esq. of Padstow, in the county of Cornwall, b. in 1788,
a magistrate, and deputy-lieutenant for that shire.
HinCiW.
poused in 1821, Caroline, daugh-
ter of John Rogers, esq. of
Penrose, and niece of Lord de
Ihinstanville.
Tbe elder son,
Thomas Raw i.im.s, esq. of Saunders Hill,
whose Buperior talents were highly appre-
ciated by the county magistracy, served the
office of bigh sheriff of Cornwall in 1803,
and was one of the deputy wardens of the
Stannaries. Hem, in 17K2, Margery, daugh-
ter and co-heiress of Thomas Price, esq. of
Tregolds, a branch of the Newtown family,
by whom (who inherited, upon the demise
issueless of her only brother, John, in pur-
suance of her father's will, the Price estates
in St. Wenn and Withiel) he had, (with
other daughters)
\\ ii.i.iam, his heir.
Price.
Edward, in holy orders.
George.
Ann, who m. in 1810, John Paynter,
esq. of Blackheath, Kent, and has
an only son, John.
Harriet, m. in 1828, to the Rev. Ver-
non Collins, of Trewardale, in Corn-
wall.
Mr. Rawlings died in 1820, and was s. by
his eldest son, the present William Raw-
lings, esq. of Padstow.
Arms — Sa. three swords paleways, points
in chief arg.
Crest — An armed arm, embowed, elbow
resting on the wreath, holding in the gaunt-
let a falchion ar. hilt or.
Motto— Cognosce teipsum, et disce pati.
Estates — Cornwall, &c.
Seat—PaA&toW.
This family, originally of Herefordshire,
was, for many generations, officially con-
nected with its city.
William Rawlings, esq. an eminent
merchant, distinguished alike for active
philanthropy, and literary attainments, es-
poused in 1736, Catherine, daughter of
Christopher Wame, esq. of St. Columb,
and thence removed to Padstow, about the
middle of the last century. Among the
valuable family estates were manors, of St.
Columb, derived from the Wardour Arun-
dels, and of Rialton, from the Godolphins.
Mr. Rawlings d. in 1795, greatly esteemed
for his public and private virtues, leaving
two sons,
Thomas, his heir.
William, of Exeter College, Oxford.
M.A. forty years vicar of Padstow,
whose son,
William, in holy orders, the pre-
sent rector of Lansallos, es-
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DONKIN, OF LOWER CAVERSHAM.
DONKIN, SIR RUFANE-SHAWE, of Lower Caversham, in the county of Oxford,
a lieutenant-general in the army, m. first,
Elizabeth-Frances, eldest daughter of the Very
Rev. Dr. George Markham, dean of York, and
grand-daughter of the late Archbishop of
York, by whom he has an only child,
George-David.
He espoused, secondly, 5th May, 1832, Lady
Anna- Maria Elliot, daughter of the late earl
of Minto.
This gallant officer is a knight commander of the Bath, grand cross of the Royal Hano-
verian Guelphic Order, colonel of the 80th regiment, and representative in Parliament
of the borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Hineage.
General Robert Donkin, (descended from
a respectable family, proprietors of con-
siderable landed property in Northumber-
land, presumed to have emigrated originally
from Scotland, in some of the civil conflicts
of that country, to have settled on the
borders, and to have changed the name
from Duncan*) was born 19th March, 1727,
and adopting a military life, entered the
army in 1746. In 1761 he was at the siege
of Belleisle, under General St. Clair, and
there became acquainted with the historian,
Hume, from whose dictation he wrote an
account of the expedition. He was subse-
quently Aide-de-camp to General Fowke,
(to whom captain, afterwards General Wolfe,
was at the time Major of Brigade) and
served in Flanders, during the campaigns
of that period. He participated in the seven
years' war as a captain, and was Aide-de-
camp and Secretary to General Rufane,
while he was Governor and Commander-in-
chief at Martinique. General Donkin went
afterwards to America, and served there
from 1775 to 1783, at the commencement,
as Aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-chief
General Gage, and subsequently as Major
* This supposition is supported by the fact,
that the family have always used the armorial bear-
ings of Duncan, with the addition only of three
buckles on the chevron.
in the 44th Regiment, and as Lieutenant
Colonel Commandant of the Royal Garri-
son Battalion, which latter commission he
held until the reduction of the regiment in
1783. During a period of the ensuing
peace he was Aide-de-camp to the Earl of
Granard, Commander-in-chief in Ireland.
" General Donkin," says a writer in the
Gentleman's Magazine, " passed a long life
of the most unsullied honor and with the
greatest respectability, without sickness, and
apparently without uneasiness of any sort ;
and although he had served in a great
variety of climates, and had been engaged
in nine actions, and present at seven sieges,
he was never absent from his duty either from
illness or wounds." This gallant soldier
espoused Mary, daughter of the Rev.
Emanuel Collins, of the ancient and res-
pectable Somersetshire family of that name,
by whom he left at his demise, an only
surviving child, the present Lieutenant Ge-
neral Sir Rufane Shawe Donkin, K.C.B.
M.P. &c.
Mottoes — Tu meliora spera ; and above
the crest, Bona spes.
Estate — Lower Caversham, Oxfordshire.
Town Residence — Park Street, Grosvenor
Square.
Seat — Lower Caversham.
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PEMBERTON, OF BARNES.
PEMBERTON, RICHARD, esq. of Barnes, in the county-palatine of Durham,
b. 14th January, 1746, m. 4th August, 1774, Elizabeth,
only child of Ralph Jackson, esq. of Sunderland, and has
»h had issue,
i. John, barrister at law, formerly of York, and now
of Sherburn Hall, in Durham, a justice of the peace
lor that shire, b. at Monkwearmouth, 14th March,
1779, m. at Bride's Kirk, in Cumberland, 3rd July,
1810, Mary, daughter of William Browne, esq. of
Talantire Hall, in Cumberland.
ii. Ralph-Stephen, b. 26th June, 1780, served the office
of high-sheriff for the county of Carmarthen in 1820,
m. 20th June, in the same year, Anne-Mary, daughter
and sole heir of Thomas Rippon, esq. of Low Mill, in
the county of Durham, and niece of the Honorable
Richard Hetherington, president of Tortola and the
Virgin Islands.
ill. Richard,/*. 4th April, 1782, m. at St. Pancras church,
Wobui n-place, London, 4th November, 1830, Ellen,
daughter of Captain Robert Jump, R. N. and has
issue,
Richard-Laurence, b. 12th October. 1831.
iv. Thomas, b. at Barnes, 3rd March, 1785, purchased Bainhridge Holme from his
cousin, George Pemberton, esq. in 1832, m. at Boldon 21st September, 1830,
Elizabeth-Orde, daughter of John Dutton, esq. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and
Calow Oaks, in the county of Derby, a captain in the army. Mr. Thomas Pem-
berton is a deputy-lieutenant for the county of Durham,
v. Penelope, b. 26th June, 177f>, rf. unmarried 18th May, 1821.
vi. Eleanor, b. 25th July, 1777, d. unmarried 11th October, 1826.
vn. Elizabeth, b. 17th October, 1783, d. 12th January, 1784.
vin. Elizabeth, m. 22nd September, 1814, to Thomas Thompson, esq. of Bishop
Wearmouth, and had issue,
1. Pemberton-Wharton Thompson, b. 5th August, 1817, d. 1st June, 1824.
2. Thomas-Charles Thompson, b. 28th February, 1821.
3. Elizabeth-Margaret Thompson, died in infancy.
4. Penelope-Eleanor Thompson, b. 2nd April, 1819.
5. Elizabeth-Laurence Thompson, b. 4th April, 1823.
6. Eleanor-Margaret Thompson, b. 28th August, 1826.
ix. Margaret, m. 12th July, 1828, to John Austin, brigadier-general in the army of
Portugal, K..C.T. S. and has a daughter,
Penelope-Frances-Elizabeth Austin, b. 4th October, 1829.
Mintage.
John Pemberton, of Stanhope, living in
1400, was great-great grandfather of
John Pemberton, who m. Alice, sister of
Alexander Featherstonhalgh, esq. of Stan-
hope Hall, and had a son,
Richard Pemberton, who wedded Alice,
daughter and co-heiress of John Hind-
marsh, and had issue,
i. Michael, his heir.
II. Robert, of Eshe, who was buried
there, 16th April, 1620. He left, by
his wife, Elizabeth, who d. in 1588-9,
a son,
Michael, of Brandon Hall, in 1622,
and of Scout's Hall, in 1625, m.
at Eshe, 18th January, 1611-12,
Mary Booth, and had
Michael, buried 12th May,
1619.
Anne, baptized at Brancepelh,
1618.
PEMBERTON, OF BARNES.
71
Mary, baptized 31st Decem-
ber, 1621.
ill. Ursula, m. at Eshe, 23rd July, 1577,
to John Crook, of Woolsingham.
iv. Anne, m. at Eshe, 18th November,
1578, to Michael Eyre,
v. Isabel, living in 1559.
The eldest sou,
Michael Pemberton, esq. purchased the
manor or lordship of Aislaby, in 1595. He
m. Margaret, daughter of Ralph Watson,
of Tudhoe, by whom, who was buried 27th
January, 1634, he had issue,
i. John, his heir.
II. Ralph, of Egglescliffe, afterwards of
Durham, baptized 6th July, 1602, m.
9th November, 1637, Jane, daughter
of — Theobalds, esq. and dying in
1681, was s. by his son,
Ralpli, of Durham, who m. in
February, 1670-1, Anne Garnett,
and had issue,
Ralph, of Egglescliffe and of
Sadberge, baptized 9th Jan.
1671-2, m. 26th January,
1697, Mary Garth, and left
issue,
Michael, baptized 8th'Feb-
ruary, 1709.
Barbara.
III. Michael, d. young, 1599.
iv. Richard, baptized 17th October,
1604, lived near Grantham, in Lin-
colnshire.
v. Margaret, d. 1596.
VI. Florence, d. 1654.
vil. Mary, m. 30th October, 1610, to
Anthony Garnett, gentleman, of Eg-
glescliffe, and had a son, John Gar-
nett, esq. of Egglescliffe, captain of
horse, in the regiment of Colonel
George Heron, and in the service of
Charles I. ; he m. Alice, daughter of
Christopher Place, esq. of Dinsdale,
and relict of Michael Pemberton,
esq. of Aislaby.
The eldest son and heir,
John Pemberton, esq. of Aislaby, had
livery of his lands, 5th October, 1626. He
m. at Grindon, 8th June, 1612, Isabel, dau.
of Henry Grey, esq. of Newminster Abbey,
fourth son of Sir Ralph Grey, knt. of Chil-
lingham, and had issue,
I. Michael, his heir, of Aislaby.*
* This Michael Pemberton, of Aislabv, a ma-
jor in the service of King Charles I. b. in 1615,
in. Alice, daughter of Christopher Place, esq. of
Dinsdale, great-great grandson of Rowland Place,
esq. bv Anne, his wife, daughter of Sir Edward
Radcliffe, knt. of Cartington, warden of the East
Marches. By this lady (who wedded, secondly,
Captain John Garnett) he had issue,
i. Michael, of Aislaby, 6. in 1644, and some-
time of Northallerton, where he died, and
II. John, a captain in the service of
King Charles I., designated of
Hilton,
in. Henry, baptized 20th April, 1620,
a captain in the royal army, and slain
in the service,
iv. Mary, m. to Ralph Hurst, of Ashe,
in Yorkshire.
v. Jane, m. to William Theobalds, of
Egglescliffe.
vi. Anne, m. to Robert Thorpe, of
Yarm.
where he was buried, 6th February, 1685-6.
He m. Anne, daughter of George Metcalfe,
esq. of Thornborough, Yorkshire, by whom
he left at his decease, with two daughters,
Alice, m. to — Patinson, of Norton, and
Mary, to. to James Meeke, of Northallerton,
an only son and successor,
John, of Blackwell, who sold Aislaby,
circ. 1720. He to. in 1697, Mary, dau.
of Christopher Place, esq. of Darling-
ton, and d. in 1729, having had one
son and three daughters, who all died
unmarried,
ii. John, sheriff of York, in 1684, who tn.
first, in 1678, Sarah, daughter of George
Prescot, of Darlington, and died at Ko-
ningsburg, leaving an only child,
William, who to. Elizabeth, daughter of
John Killinghall, esq. of Middleton St.
George, Durham, and dying in 1730,
left issue,
1. William, b. 8th January, 1718,
a surgeon at Plymouth, who to.
Miss Woodman, of that town,
and had a son and successor,
William Pemberton, esq. to
whom his cousin, John Kil-
linghall, devised, in 1762,
the manor of Middleton St.
George, which was possessed
by the Killinghalls prior to
1417. He m. Miss Wini-
fred Cock, of Plymouth, and
left an only son,
William Pemberton, esq.
of Middleton St. George,
who died unmarried,
11th March, 1801, aged
twenty-eight, and was
buried at Middleton
Saint George, where a
monument is erected to
his memory. He de-
vised his estates to his
maternal aunts, to the
prejudice of his heir-
at-law, George Allan,
esq. M.P. of Blackwell
Grange, who instituted
proceedings in order to
set the will aside, but
failed in the attempt.
2. Sarah, wife of George Pinkney,
d. s. p.
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PEMBERTON, OF BARNES.
John PEMBERTON, of Hilton, presumed to
be second son of John Pemberton and Isabel
Grey, was agent or steward to the family of
Hilton, of Hilton Castle, and was named a
trustee in the will of John Hilton, esq. 22nd
July, 1668, wherein he is designated as his
" true friend." There is strong presump-
tive evidence* to conclude that this gentle-
3. Mary, d. unmarried, 17.50.
4. Elizabeth, m. 18th November,
173 j, to James Allan, esq. of
Darlington and J'lackwell
Grange. The great grandson of
this marriage, William Am \n,
esq. of Blackwell Grange, ia now
the representative of the blood of
Pemberton and Killingball, (see
vol. i. p.
."). A inic, </. unmarried.
6. Catherine, b. in 17 it, m. to
Robert Brown, of London, mer-
chant, and d. s. />.
7. .Margaret, d. unmarried, in 1745.
John Pemberton, sheriff" of York, in 1684,
wedded, secondly, 18th December, 1683,
Marv, daughter of Robert Dodsworth, •
of Barton, in Yorkshire, ami widow of
John Killingball, esq. of Middleton St.
George, and had other issue,
John, b. at "lork, 10th September, 1684,
an officer on the Irish Establishment,
a. unmarried, in 176'.', and was buried
at Middleton St. George, aged eighty-
five.
Thomas, l>. 10th April, 1686, a navy
surgeon, \\ ho (/. unmarried, and was
buried in St. John's Church, Wapping.
Francis, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, b. in
1687, hi. first, Jane, daughter of John
Hand, of Newcastle, who d. s. p., and
secondly, Mary, daughter of Samuel
Hancock, gent, and relict of the Rev.
William Hall, curate of All Saints, by
whom be left three daughters, Eliza-
beth, m. to the Rev. William Hall,
Jane, m. to Mr. Barnard, and the third
to — Waune, of Darlington.
Elizabeth, d. unmarried, aged eighteen.
* Thongh there is no known written evidence
or record, proving the Baihbridge Holme and
Barnes families, as being descended from the
family of Stanhope andAislaby, yet there is strong
presumptive evidence of such being the fact ; first,
there is no trace of there having been anciently in
the County Palatine, more than one family of the
name of Pemberton, that of Stanhope and Ais-
laby. Secondly, there is no reason whatever to
suppose or imagine that the families of Bainhridge
Holme and Barnes had their origin out of the
County Palatine ; hence, it would follow, that
they are branches of the original family of Stan-
hope and Aislaby, and such they have always been
considered ; and thirdly, the arms of the Bain-
bridge Holme, Barnes, .Stanhope, and Aislaby fami-
lies, are the same, and different from all the other
Pembertons in England, being ar. a chev. ermines
between three griffins' heads, couped sa. with which
the Bainbridge Holme and Barnes families quarter
man was Captain John Pemberton, above
named, the younger brother of Major Pem-
berton, son of John Pemberton, esq. of
Aislaby, and Isabel Grey, who, with another
son. Captain Henry Pemberton, were all
actively engaged in the royal cause, (see
pedigree of the Aislaby family, Surtax'
Durham, vol. iii. p. lOoj also a note to the
the arms of Ilindmarsh, viz. gules, in a marsh, a
hind, lodged ppr. as descendants of Richard Pem-
berton, of Stanhope, and Alice Hiudmarsh, the
sixth generation in the genealogy. All which
proves ^as far as evidence, short of written testi-
mony, can prove) that the Bainbridge Holme and
Barnes families are descended from the ancient
family of Stanhope, and afterwards of Aislaby ;
and there is every reason to suppose that John
Pemberton, of Hilton, to whom the former family
trace their ascendency, as shown aboye, was tho
connecting link between the families ; being John,
son of John, of Aislaby, and Isabel Grey, ami a
captain in the service of Cii.uu is I. (See Surtees,
vol. iii. p. 205.) According to Surtees, John,
the son of John, of Aislaby. and Isabel Grey, was
baptized 22nd November, 1618, (see the volume
and page before cited) ; and the same author, in
vol. li. p. 35, mentions Mr. Jolm Pemberton, of
Hilton, as legatee in the will, dated 22nd July,
1668, of John Hilton, esq. of Hilton, in which he
is bequeathed a legacy of £100. and the testator
recommends to his executors to consult him, and
be guided by him, he being his " true friend."
This John Pemberton, of Hilton, is known to be
the ancestor of the families of Bainbridge Holme
and Barnes, and it is very probable that he, and
John, the son of John of Aislaby, and Isabel
(J icy, were one and the same person ; for it is to
be borne in mind, that this John Hilton, whose
will is above referred to, was a captain in the
service of Cn \ni.rs I., in which service his lather,
John Hilton, was a colonel (see Surtees, vol. ii.
p. 27) and that John Pemberton, son of John
of Aislaby, and Isabel Grey, was also a captain in
the same service, and most likely in the same
regiment ; for at that time there was no standing
army, and the regiments raised for the royal cause
were generally county or proyincial corps, and
officered by the gentlemen of the respective dis-
tricts. Colonel Hinton, before mentioned, com-
manded one of these corps ; and it is presumable,
that his son, John, and John Pemberton, repre-
sented in these respective pedigrees, as captains
in the service of Charles I. held their commis-
sions in that very corps. There are no bonds
more likely to unite men in strict friendship than
the same creed in politics, and military service
performed under the same standard, and in the
same cause. It is very probable, that the friend-
ship to which Mr. Hilton adverts in his will,
before cited, originated amidst the din of arms ;
and that, at the conclusion of the civil wars, Mr.
Hilton retired to his castle and paternal domains,
accompanied by his friend and comrade, whom he
appointed his steward or agent, for such it ap-
pears, the John Pemberton named in his will was,
and which John Pemberton, was the progenitor of
the Bainbridge Holme and Barnes families.
It is not at all unlikely that such an arrange-
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pedigree of the Bainbridge Holme, and
Barnes family, vol. i. p. 237). He in. first,
Jane, daughter of — Robinson, of Stone
Cellar Farm, at Usworth, parish of Wash-
ington, and had issue,
i. John, b. at Hilton, 1668.
n . Robert, who served in Queen Anne's
navy. He m. Sarah Page, of Shields,
and had a son,
Richard, who purchased Boldon,
in 1753, m. Sarah, daughter of
John Baxter, of Shields, by
whom (who d. in 1800) he left at
his decease, in 1773, a son and
successor,
Robert, of Boldon, b. in 1787,
vi. Miss Jane Dixon, and d.
12th June, 1819, leaving
Margaret.
Jane, m. to Henry Dalton
Jackson, esq.
Mary-Anne.
Isabel.
Alicia, d. unmarried, at
Cheltenham, in 1831.
III. Mary, named in the will of John
Hilton, esq. as " his godchild."
John Pemberton espoused, secondly, in
June, 1671, Bridget, daughter of Adam
Shipperdson, esq. of Bainbridge Holme,
and sister and co-heiress of Robert Ship-
perdson, esq. by whom he had
I. Michael, of Bainbridge Holme, de-
visee of his uncle, Robert Shipperd-
son, in 1704, m. Miss Anne Holmes,
of Darlington, and had issue,
Michael, |
John, j d. s. p.
Richard,
Mary, m. 13th July, 1732, to Wil-
liam Wilkinson, esq. of
Buston, Northumberland.
Anne, m. to John Walker, esq. of
Scruton, in Yorkshire.
ment should have taken place between these in-
dividuals, the one being proprietor of vast estates,
and the other a younger son, perhaps, without any
provision ; and there is, hence, every reasonable
ground to conclude, that the John Pemberton
named in the will of the said John Hilton, and
■who is known to be the ancestor of the Bain-
bridge Holme and Barnes families, was John, son
of John of Aislaby, and Isabel Grey ; a conclu-
sion rendered stronger by comparing the date of
the latter's baptism with that of Mr. Hilton's will,
which would make Mr. Pemberton's age, at the
time Mr. Hilton made his will, exactly fifty years.
There is no doubt hut the John Pemberton buried
at Monkwearmouth (see Surtees, vol. i. p. 237")
was the before mentioned John, of Hilton, but the
registers of the parish of Monkwearmouth having
been destroyed by fire, all parochial information
concerning the family has been lost.
High
Adam, \ who all d. s. p.
Bridget, m. to Michael Coulter,
esq. of Lesbury, Northumber-
land.
Elizabeth, m. to Richard Carr,
esq. of West Ditchburn, North-
umberland.
II. Adam, of Sunderland, d. 1699.
III. Shipperdson, b. in 1720.
The eldest son of John Pemberton and
Jane Robinson,
John Pemberton, esq. b. at Hilton, in
February, 1668, espoused Miss Dorothy
Stote, and had issue,
John, his heir.
Michael, of South Moor House, d. s. p
in 1750, aged thirty-seven.
Richard, b. in 1714, m. at Yarm, 20th
August, 1752, Elizabeth, daughter of
Miles Croft, esq. of Bishop Wear-
mouth, and had issue one son and a
daughter, both d. young.
Thomas, ~)
Robert, J
Jane, m. to John Ushaw, of Monk-
wearmouth.
Mr. Pemberton d. at South Moor House, in
1746, and was s. by his eldest son,
John Pemberton, esq. of Bainbridge
Holme, b. 5th November, 1704, who wedded
11th December, 1740, Penelope, daughter
of the Rev. John Laurence, rector of Bishop
Wearmouth, and by her (who d. in 1767 )
he had issue,
I. John, b. in 1741, d. unmarried 1776.
n. Stephen, of Bainbridge Holme, a
justice of the peace for the county of
Durham, sometime fellow of Oriel
College, Oxford, b. in 1743-4, and d.
in 1831. He m. 2nd May, 1782,
Isabella, daughter of George Ander-
son, esq. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
by whom (who d. in 1800) he had
issue,
1. George, of Bainbridge Holme,
F.R.S., b. 15th May, 1784, m.
Jane, dau. of Thomas Hunter,
esq. of Beoley Hall, Worcester-
shire, and has issue, George-
Thomas, b. in 1820, Stephen-
John, Georgiana - Jane, and
Anne-Penelope.
2. Penelope, m. 8th June, 1809, to
Richard Clay, esq. of Hill House,
Derbyshire, a captain in the
Hertfordshire militia, and d. in
1813, leaving an only surviving*
child, Frederick-Lord Clay, esq.
3. Annabella, m. 9th January,
1815, to Thomas Wilkinson, esq.
of Scots House and Bishop Wear-
mouth, and has issue.
4. Mary-Anne, m. in 1817, to Jo-
seph - Henry - Hendon Holmes,
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PAUNCEFORT-DUNCOMBE, OF GREAT BRICKHILL.
in
IV.
esq. F.S.A. judge advocate to
the forces of Demerara and Es-
sequibo, by whom (who d. in
1831) he has issue.
5. Elizabeth.
Richard, now of Barnes.
Penelope, d. young.
Arms — Arg. a chev. ermines, between
three griffins' heads, couped sa. bearing the
ensigns of Jackson, on an escutcheon of
pretence.
Crest — A griffin's head couped sa.
Motto — Lahore et honore.
Estates — In the counties of Durham, Car-
marthen, and Pembroke.
Seat — Barnes, near Sunderland.
PAUNCEFORT-DUNCOMBE, OF GREAT BRICKHILL.
DUNCOMBE-PAUNCEFORT, PHILIP-DUNCOMBE, esq. of Great Brickhill
Manor, in the county of Buckingham, and of Witham on
the Hill, in Lincolnshire, b. 16th July, 1784, m. 5th Ja-
nuary, 1813, the Lady Alicia Lambart, daughter of
Richard, present Earl of Cavan, by whom (who d. 3rd
April, 1818) he had issue,
Philip-Duncombe, b. 8th January, 1818.
Honora-Henrietta.
Henrietta-Philippa, d. in Julv, 1828.
Alicia, d. 2nd April, 1817.
Mr. Duncombe wedded, secondly, 21st August, 1823,
Sophia-Frances, youngest daughter of the late Sir William
Foulis, bart. of Ingleby Manor, in the county of York, and
has had,
Mary-Venetia, b. 31st August, 1824, d. 2nd August,
1832.
Sophia, b. 14th October, 1826.
Mr. Duncombe served the office of sheriff for the county of Buckingham in 1824, and
is a deputy-lieutenant, and magistrate for that shire.
HmKlQC.
The family of Duncombe, which is of
gre,at antiquity in Buckinghamshire, became
possessed of the manor and estate of Much
Brickhill in 1527.
In the College of Arms the pedigree be-
gins with
William Duncombe, of Much Brickhill,
in the county of Buckingham.
Thomas Duncombe, esq. of Much Brick-
hill, married Isabel, daughter of Thomas
Saunders, esq. of Agmondisham, in Buck-
inghamshire, and had issue,
John, his successor.
Francis, of Broughton, in the county of
Bucks.
William,
died in 1595, and was s. by his eldest
He
son,
John Duncombe. esq. of Much Brickhill
Manor, who wedded in 1583 Cicely, daugh-
ter of Edmund Conquest, esq. of Houghton
Conquest, in the county of Bedford, and
died in 1630, leaving five sons and two
daughters, viz. John, his heir, William,
Francis, Bennet, George, Katharine, and
Dorothea. He was s. by his eldest son,
John Duncombe, esq. of Much Brickhill
Manor. This gentleman left at his decease
in 1695, two daughters, Lucie and Joanna,
with his successor,
John Duncombe, esq. of Much Brickhill
Manor, who m. Susanna , and had a
son, John, with three daughters, Katharine,
Phillis, and Mary. He d. in 1685, and was
s. by his son,
John Duncombe, esq. of Much Brickhill
Manor, who died in 1687 without issue,
when the Brickhill estate descended in the
PAUNCEFORT-DUNCOMBE, OF GREAT BRICKHILL.
15
successive heirs.
female line to the families of Barton and of
Pauncefort, of the Palace Witham on the
Hill, in the county of Lincoln, a branch of
the Paunceforts, of Hasfield, in Gloucester-
shire.
In the 11th of King John, Geoffrey de
Pauncefote, steward of the household to
that monarch, espoused Sybilla, daughter
of William de Cantelupe. In the 33rd of
the subsequent reign, Richard Pauncefort
had a grant of the manor of Hasfield, and,
according to Camden, " built a fair house at
this Hasfield, called Pauncefort Court, and
his ancestors were possessed of fair lands
there in the Conqueror's time." By his
wife, Isabel, he had a son,
Sir Grimbald Pauncefort, who espoused
Sybilla, daughter and heiress of the lord of
the manor of Crickhowell, in the county of
Brecon, and was s. by his elder son,
Sir Grimbald Pauncefort, knt. who
died without issue, and was s. by his bro-
ther,
Sir Emerick Pauncefort, knt. possessor
of the manors of Hasfield and Crickhowell.
He died 6th Edward III. leaving (with a
daughter in. 14th Edward II. to Sir John
Hubard, knt.) three sons,
Grimbald,
Hugo,
Walter, of Compton Pauncefort, who
m. 5th Edward III. Thomasine,
daughter of John Baumfilde, esq. of
Poltimore, in the county of Devon,
and had issue, and one of his daugh-
ters, Margaret, m. 30th Edward III.
Sir William Baumfilde, knt. of Pol-
timore, and had one son and two
daughters.
The eldest son and heir,
Sir Grimbald Pauncefort, knt. wedded
Ellen, daughter of Sir Alan de Cherleton,
knt. but dying, 49th Edward III. s. p. was
s. by his brother,
Sir Hugo Pauncefort, knt. of Hasfield,
Crickhowell, and Cowarne, who died 2nd
Richard II. leaving by Katharine, his wife,
a daughter, Katharine, and a son, his suc-
cessor,
Sir John Pauncefort, knt. who served
the office of sheriff for Gloucestershire 1st
Henry VI. and for Herefordshire in the
16th of the same reign. He m. first, 3rd
Henry V. Margaret, daughter of Sir John
Beauchamp, knt. of Holt, in Norfolk ; and
secondly, Alicia, daughter of Sir Andrew
Herle, knt. and had issue,
Hugh, >
rp ' £ successive proprietors.
Margaret, m. to William Tracy, esq. of
Toddington, in Gloucestershire.
Sir John Pauncefort was s. at his decease
by his elder son,
Hugh Pauncefort, esq. at whose demise
without issue the estates and representation
of the family devolved upon his brother,
Sir Thomas Pauncefort, knt. who
espoused, first, Agatha, daughter of Sir
Henry Owgan, knt and had a son, Henry,
his heir. He m. secondly, Margaret, daugh-
ter of Sir Thomas Swinford, knt. of Kettle-
thorpe, in the county of Lincoln, and had
two daughters, viz.
Anne, m. to Arthur Kemeys, esq.
Jane, m. to George Beaumont, esq. of
Stoughton, in Leicestershire.
Sir Thomas wedded, thirdly, Eleanor, dau.
of Thomas Bruges, esq. of Coberley, M.P.
for Gloucestershire in 1459, and for Here-
fordshire in 1472, ancestor of the Chandos
family, and had two sons and a daughter,
viz. Thomas, Giles, and Anne. Sir Thomas
was s. at his decease by his eldest son,
Henry Pauncefort, esq. of Hasfield,
&c. who m. Katharine, daughter of Sir Wil-
liam Guise, K.B. and had two sons, by the
elder of whom,
John Pauncefort, esq. of Hasfield, he
was succeeded. This gentleman m. first,
Agnes, daughter of Sir John St. Low, knt.
and secondly, Bridget, daughter and co-
heiress of Sir Robert Tate, knt. and had issue,
Richard, his heir.
John.
Eleanor, m. to Bartholomew Tate. esq.
of Delapre, in the county of North-
ampton.
John Pauncefort was s. at his decease by*
his son,
Richard Pauncefort, esq. of Hasfield,
who m. Dorothea, daughter of John Ash-
field, esq. of Heythorpe, in Oxfordshire,
and dying30th Elizabeth, was*, by his son,
John Pauncefort, esq. of Hasfield, who
m. Dorothea, fifth daughter of Lord Wind-
sor, of Bradenham, and had a son,
Richard Pauncefort, esq. who sold all
his estates at Hasfield, in Gloucestershire,
at Bentley and Compton Pauncefort. in
Worcestershire, and at Cowern, in Hereford-
shire. He espoused Anne, daughter of Ed-
mund Rudion, and had, inter alios, a son,
Walter Pauncefort, esq. of Witham,
in the county of Lincoln, who wedded Anne,
daughter of John Yelverton, esq. of Nor-
folk, and had issue,
Grimbald, his heir.
Henry, who m. Anne, daughter of Ed-
ward Henwick, esq. of the county of
Worcester.
Robert, who m. Sarah, daughter of
John Nicholets, esq. of the county of
Hereford, and had a son, Grimbald,
whom. Gulielma, daughter of Colonel
Bridges.
Rachel, m. to Thomas, Earl of Kin-
cardine.
Walter Pauncefort was s. by his son,
Grimbald Pauncefort, esq. receiver for
the Duchy of Lancaster, who m. Anne,
daughter of Sir Paul Tracy, bart. of Stan-
way in Gloucestershire, and had, with two
76
ROBERTSON, OF KINDEACE.
other sons, Grimbald and Samuel, who both
died unmarried, a successor,
Tracy Pauncefort, esq. of Witham,
who m. Anne, daughter of George Billings-
ley, esq. of Middlesex, and had two sons,
Tracy, his heir, and Edward, who in. Re-
becca, daughter of Samuel Mover, esq.
The elder,
Tracy Pauncefort, esq. of Witham, es-
poused Jane, daughter of John Partherick,
esq. of Lincolnshire, and had a son and
successor,
Tracy Pauncefort, esq. of Witham,
This gentleman marrying Anne, sister of
Lord Wliitworth, had, with another son and
daughter, who both died unm. a successor,
Edward Pai'ncefort, esq. of Witham,
who m. in 17.17, Mary, only daughter and
heiress of William Dodd, esq. of the county
of Berks, and was s. at his decease by his
only surviving son,
George Pauncefort, esq. of Witham,
who in. in 17G9, Henrietta, daughter of
James Digby, esq. q( Red Hall, in the
parish of Bourn, Lincolnshire, by which
lady (who inherited at the decease of her
brother, Janus, the Red Hall, and other
estates) he bad issue,
George-Edward, who '/. in infancy.
Henry-Tracy, who d. in 1788.
Philip-Duncombe, the present
prietor.
Henrietta-Cecil, who d. unm. in 1793.
pro-
Mr. Pauncefort was s. at his decease by his
only surviving son, Philip-Duncombe, who
upon inheriting likewise the Brickhill es-
tates, assumed the additional surname and
arms of Duncombe, and is the present
Philip-Duncombe Paucefort-Duncombe,
esq. of Great Brickhill and Witham.
Arms — Quarterly ; first and fourth, per
chev. engr. gu. and arg. three talbots' heads
erased, counterchanged, on a chief five flenrs
de lys. Second, gu. three lions rampt. arg.
Third az. a fleur de lys arg.
Crests — First, for Duncombe, out of a
ducal coronet or, a horse's hind leg, couped
at the thigh sa. shoe arg. Second, for
Pauncefort, a lion rampant, crowned with
a ducal coronet.
Motto — Non fecimus ipsi.
Estates — In the counties of Buckingham,
Lincoln, Huntingdon, Middlesex, and Bed-
ford.
Toirii Residence — 14, Bryanstoue Square.
Seats — Brickhill Manor, Bucks, Bed
Hall, Bourn, Lincolnshire.
* ** In the parish church of Hasfield,
among the Pauncefort monuments, is a
female figure, without her right hand. This
lady, tradition Btates, was one of the Paunce-
forts, whose husband being taken prisoner
bj the infidels, she in vain sought his re-
lease, which would not be granted but by
sending her right band, which she with mas-
culine courage ordered to be cut oil".
ROBERTSON, OF KINDEACE.
ROBERTSON, WILLIAM, esq. of Kindeace, in the county of Ross, a magistrate, and
deputy-lieutenant for that shire, and major of its militia,
b. 2nd February, 1765, m. 20th December, 1788, Mary,
eldest daughter of Alexander Chishohn, esq. ofChisholm,
in the county of Inverness, by his second wife, Margaret,
daughter of George Mackenzie, esq. of Allangrange, in
Ross-shire. By this lady (who died in 1800) Mr. Ro-
bertson has had issue,
I. Charles, an officer in the army, on half-pay, a ma-
gistrate, and deputy-lieutenant for the counties of
Ross and Cromarty, m. 12th August, 1816, Helen,
fourth daughter of Patrick Cruikshank, esq. of
Stracathro, in the county of Forfar, and has issue,
William-Cruikshank, b. 17th May, 1817.
Patrick-Gerard, b. 3rd February, 1819.
Charles-Henry, b. 14th June, 1821, and died 14th
July, 1822.
Charles, b. 21st April, 1831.
Mary-Chisholm.
II. Alexander-Chisholm, a lieutenant in the 24th regiment of foot, who died in
April, 1820,on his passage to join his regiment in India.
Mr. Robertson, who is commissary of Ross, succeeded his father in 1792.
ROBERTSON, OF KINDEACE.
77
Lineage.
The Robertsons of Kindeace branched
oft' about the year 1544, from the Robert-
sons of Inches, in the county of Inverness,
descended in a direct line from Robertson,
of Strowan, in Perthshire, a family which
derived its origin from the powerful Mac-
donalds, Lords of the Isles. As far back
as the reign of Alexander III. of Scotland,
Duncan, the then chief, was a man of note
and influence, and the family has ever since
maintained the highest degree of respecta-
bility. In 1451, James II. gave to the
Robertsons a charter, dated the 15th Au-
gust, granting certain lands in Perthshire,
and an addition to the armorial ensigns of
the family, viz. " for crest, a dexter hand
supporting an imperial crown, with the
motto, ' Virtutis gloria merces,' and below,
a savage in chains," in consideration of
having rendered essential service to the
crown, after the murder of James I. by
apprehending Walter, Earl of Athol, to
whom the regicides had fled, and Robert
Graham, one of the chief actors in that
tragedy, within two miles of Blair Castle,
at a little rivulet, called " Graham's Burn,"
to this day.
John Robertson, of Inches, about the
end of the 16th century, married, for his
second wife, a daughter of Fearn, of Pit-
cullin, and had a son,
William Robertson, who obtained from
his father, in patrimony, several lands about
Inverness. This gentleman having acquired
vast riches, by commerce, purchased exten-
sive estates, viz. in 1615, the lands of Ork-
ney, in the shire of Nairn ; and in 1639, the
lands of Kindeace, &c. in Ross-shire, which
last became the chief title of the family.
In 1631 he had obtained a charter under
the great seal " Willielmo Robertson,
burgen de Invernys, Villa? et terrarum de
Easter Kindeace, &c. &e." dated 19th March,
of that year. Mr. Robertson espoused Els-
peth, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Howison,
minister of Inverness, and had six sons and
three daughers, viz.
I. William,) , ., ,. .
r, > both died unm.
n. George, S
ill. Gilbert, heir to his father.
iv. David.
v. Matthew, of Dachcarty.
vi. John.
vii. , m. to Finlay Skinner, esq.
merchant in Inverness.
vin. , m. first, to — Grant, esq.
and, secondly, to Lachlan Macintosh,
esq. son of Macintosh of Borlum.
ix. . in. to Robert Rose, esq. of
Merkuie, provost of Inverness.
The eldest surviving son and successor,
Gilbert Robertson, esq. of Kindeace,
wedded Margaret, daughter of Colin Mac-
kenzie, esq. of Kincraig, in the county of
Ross, and had (with two daughters, Frances
and Janet, who both married and left a
numerous issue,) three sons, William, who
died unmarried ; Colin, his father's heir ;
and George. Gilbert Robertson was s. by
his son,
Colin Robertson, esq. of Kindeace. This
gentleman m. Rebecca, daughter of Sir Ro-
bert Munro, bait, of Fowlis, who d. in 166S,
and had issue,
William, his heir.
George, sheriff-depute and commissary
of Ross, who m. Agnes, daughter of
John Barber, esq. of Aldowrie, in the
county of Inverness, and had two sons,
1. Andrew, a writer in Dingwall,
who m. and left issue.
2. David, a merchant in London,
who d. s. p.
Robert, minister of Edderton, in Easter
Ross.
James, bred to the sea.
Colin Robertson was s. by his eldest son,
William Robertson, esq. of Kindeace,
a cavalry officer, who espoused, first, Cathe-
rine, daughter of Robert Robertson, esq. of
Shipland, and had, with several daughters,
two sons, Charles and Archibald. He m.
secondly, Anne, daughter of Sir John
Munro, hart, of Fowlis, but had no further
issue. He was s. at his decease by his elder
son,
Charles Robertson, esq. of Kindeace,
who m. Janet, only daughter of Hugh Rose,
esq. of Clava, in the county of Nairn, by
Frances, his wife, only daughter of Eneas
Macleod, esq. of Cadboll, in the county of
Ross (see that family), and had issue,
William, his heir.
Hugh, a planter in Jamaica, where he
died of the yellow fever.
Charles, a merchant in London.
Roderick, an officer in the army.
Archibald, a planter in Demerara,
where he died of the yellow fever.
Robert, in the East India Company's
medical service, died of a locked
jaw, occasioned by the bite of a
snake.
Duncan, a merchant in New Orleans,
who died there of the yellow fever.
Harry, in the Trinity House, London,
who m. in 1804, Julia, relict of
Charles Pennick, esq. of Iregembo,
a justice of the peace for Cornwall,
and has had issue,
78
EDWARDS, OF NESS STRANGE.
1. Charles, b. 26th August, 1805,
in the Trinity House.
2. James-Court, b. 27th Septemher,
1811, in the East India Com-
pany's military service.
3. Janet, m. in 1825, to William
Pit Burne, esq. of London.
4. Mary-Isabella.
5. Julia, who d. in 1823.
6. Catherine-Susanna.
7. Lydia.
John, a captain in the East India Com-
pany's military service, killed in
storming- a fort in India.
George, wlio d. in youth.
Frances, who d. in infancy.
Catherine, in. to Mr. Alexander Guthe-
rie, of Edinburgh, and died in 1827.
Mr. Robertson was s. at his decease by his
eldest son, the present William Robert-
son, esq. of Kindeace.
Arms — Gu. three wolves' heads erased
arg. armed and langued az. with a wild man
in chains lying under the escutcheon of the
arms.
Crest — A dexter hand holding up an im-
perial crown, ppr.
Motto — Yirtutis gloria merces.
(Javlic Title of the Clan — Clan Donnochy.
Badge — The baken or fern.
Estates — Kindeace and Glencalvie, in
Ross-shire ; Green-Yards, partly in Cro-
marty and partly in Ross-shire.
Seat — Kindeace.
EDWARDS, OF NESS STRANGE.
EDWARDS, JOHN, esq. of Ness Strange, alias Great Ness, in the county of Salop,
b. 22nd September, 1773, m. 2nd December, 1806,
Charlotte-Margaret, daughter of the Rev. George Martin,
vicar of Great Ness, by the Lady Mary Murray, his wife,
youngest daughter of John, third duke of Atholl, (by Char-
lotte, Baroness Strange, of Knockyn) and has had issue,
John, b. 10th December, lj808.
George-Rowland, b. 23rd June, 1811.
Rowland, b. in 1813.
James-Murray, b. 28th March, 1820.
Charlotte, deceased.
Mary.
Charlotte.
Margaret, who d. unmarried in 1829.
Georgiana.
Eliza.
Amelia-Murray.
Fanny.
Mr. Edwards, who is a magistrate, and deputy-lieutenant for Shropshire, s. his father
31st May, 1796.
Umcactc.
Einion Evell, Lord of Cynlleth, in the
county of Denbigh, living in 1182, son of
Madoc, Prince of Powys, who built Os-
westry Castle in 1148, wedded Arthen,
daughter of Mochrant, and had a son and
successor,
Run ap Enion, of the county of Denbigh,
living in 1221, who m. Elizabeth, daughter
of John, Lord Strange, of Knockyn, and
was s. by his son,
Cyhelin ap Run, of Denbighshire, who
espoused, about the middle of the thirteenth
century, Eva, daughter and heiress of
Grono, Lord of Bache, and was father of
Jevan ap Cyhelin, constable of Knockyn
Castle in 1283. This gentleman married
Eva, daughter of Adda ap Awr, of Trevor,
and was direct ancestor of
Jevan Gethin, of Gartheryr, who in.
first, Margaret, danghter of — Llewelyn,
esq. of Rotpert, and had thivs sons,
I. Griffith, of Lloran, ancestor of the
Maurices of that place, the lineal de-
scendant of which family,
EDWARDS, OF NESS STRANGE.
79
Pryce Maurice, esq. of Lloran
Ucha, in the county of Denbigh,
had, with other issue,
The Rev. Pryce Maurice,
whose son, Athelstan
Maurice, having in accord-
ance with a deed of settle-
ment, assumed the surname
of Corbet, is the present
Athelstan Corbet, esq.
of Ynysymaengwyn, in
the county of Meri-
oneth (see that family).
H. John, of Llangedwin.
mi. Jevan, of whom presently.
Jevan Gethin espoused secondly, Margaret,
daughter of Evan ap Madoc, and had
another son,
iv. Morus ap Jevan Gethin, of Gar-
theryr, who m. first, Amabel, daugh-
ter and heiress of Llewelyn Gogof,
esq. and was father of
William ap Morus, of Gartheryr,
who m. Alicia, daughter of Jevan
Vychan ap Jevan, and had a son,
John ap William, of Gar-
theryr, who m. Catherine,
daughter of Rys ap Mere-
dydd, and had issue,
Lewis Kyffin, ancestor
of the Kyffins of Gar-
theryr.
William Kyffin, whose
great grand - daughter
and eventual heiress,
Ann Kyffin, wedded
Robert Edwards, esq.
of Lledrode.
Morus ap Jevan Gethin espoused
secondly, Margaret, daughter and
heir of David ap y Grion Lloyd, esq.
of Hendwr, and had another son,
Howel ap Morus, who wedded
Marred, heiress of Glascoed,
daughter of Howel ap Jevan ap
Jervverth, and was s. by his son,
Merldydd ap Howel ap Mo-
rus, of Oswestry and Glas-
coed, who m. Thomasine,
daughter and heir of Ri-
chard Ireland, esq. and had
issue,
1. Richard ap Mere-
dydd, of Glascoed,
whose son, John Kyffin,
esq. of Glascoed, was
great - grandfather of
Margaret Kyffin, heir-
ess of Glascoed, who
wedded Sir William
Williams, bart. great-
great - grandfather of
Sir Watkin Williams
Wynn, bart. now in
possession of the Glas-
coed estate.
2. Elizabeth, who vu
Humphrey Kynaston,
celebrated as the Wild
Humphrey Kynaston,
and occupier, during
his outlawry, of Ky-
naston's Cave. The
representative of this
marriage is the present
SirEdwardKynaston,
bart.
3. Anne, m. to Llewelyn
ap Jevan.
The third son of Jevan Gethin, of Gartheryr,
by his first wife,
Jevan Vychan, of Abertanat, married,
for his first wife, a lady named Tibota, and
had a son, Griffith, ancestor of the Tanats
of Abertanat and Blodwell.* He wedded,
secondly, Gwenhwyfar, and was, by her,
father of
Howel ap Jevan, of Moeliwrch, in Den-
bighshire, living in 1406. This gentle-
man and his immediate successors were
patrons of the Welsh bards ; and their
names are honorably recorded in numerous
poetical effusions still extant. He m. Elen,
daughter of David ap Evan, esq. and was s.
by his son,
Jevan ap Howel, of Moeliwrch, who was
father of
Llewelyn ap Evan, of Moeliwrch, who
m. first, Jane, daughter of John Edwards,
of Chirk, and had a son, Morris Wynn, of"
Moeliwrch. He espoused, secondly, Ann,
daughter of Meredydd ap Howel ap Morus,
and had another son, Thomas, of whose line
we have to treat.
Llewelyn ap Evan died about the year
1534, and the act for the union of England
and Wales (26th Henry VIII.) passing
about the same time, a dispute arose be-
tween his two sons, Morris Wynn and Tho-
mas ap Llewelyn, as to the disposition of
their father's property ; the elder son
(Morris) claiming, by the new law, the right
of primogeniture ; and the younger (Tho-
mas) insisting upon the gravel kind divi-
sion, as directed by the laws of Howel Dda,
and sanctioned by the immemorial usage
of the ancient Britons. After considerable
litigation, the dispute was finally referred
to arbitration ; and by the award, Morris
Wynn, the elder son, succeeded to the man-
sion of Moeliwrch, with the lands attached
thereto : Thomas ap Llewelyn, his brother,
* Vide Visitation of Shropshire, 1623. From
the family of Tanat of Blodwel, through the
Matthews's, the estate of Blodwel passed to the
Earl of Bradford. From the Tanats of Abertaniit
the lands of Abertanat have been conveyed, by
the Godolphins and Owens of Porkington, to
Mrs. Ornisby Gore and the present Lord (Jo-
dolphin.
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EDWARDS, OF NESS STRANGE.
was to have two tenements in Llys Dyn-
wallawn, and at his own cost and charge to
divide all the rest of the possessions of their
father in Cynllaith Owain, Cynllaith yr
Jarll, and Carreg Hwfa, in the lordships of
Chirk and OsAvestry, or elsewhere into two
equal parts ; and Morris Wynn was to have
his choice of the moieties. The award di-
rected likewise " Morris to have a seat in
our Lady's chancel, within the church of
Llansilin, and Thomas to have a seat in the
same church anynce* St. Silin."
The second son,
Thomas ap Llewelyn, of Cynllaith, re-
sided in Llys Dynwallawn. He m. Jane,
daughter of Griffith Lloyd, esq. of Ragad,
and was father of
Edward Thomas, esq. of Trevonnen,
who m. Margery, daughter of Thomas
Wycherley, asq. of Eyton, in the county of
Salop, and was s. by his son,
Robert Edwards, esq. of Rhydycroesau,
otherwise of Lledrode, in the parish of
Llansilin, in the county of Denbigh. This
gentleman is the first of the family who
assumed a distinct surname ; his ancestors
having adhered to the Welsh custom. He
wedded Ann, daughter and heir of Robert
Kyffin, gent, of Cynllaith, and was s. by his
eldest son,
John Edwards, esq. who purchased
Ness Strange, in the county of Salop.
This gentleman was admitted in 1668, al-
though a minor, to the freedom of Shrews-
bury. He wedded Dorothy, daughter of
Thomas Barnes, esq. of the Lowe, by whom
(who d. in 1714) he had issue.
John, his heir.
Thomas,'6. 6th July, 1662, who d. unm.
in 1683.
Robert, b. 24th February, 1670, who
in. Elizabeth, eldest daughter of
Thomas Corbet, esq. but his male
line is now extinct.
Richard, b. 10th March, 1671.
Elizabeth, m. in 1681, to William Wat-
kins, esq.
Dorothy, who m, in 1685-6, David
Derwas, gent, of Llwynymapsis, a
* That is, opposite to the statue of St. Silin,
which at that time stood in the chancel, but was
destroyed (together with a painted window) by
the parliamentary army of Cromwell, a detach-
ment of which converted Llan Silin Church into
a barrack.
branch of the Derwases, of Penrhos,
by marriage with an heiress of which
place, that estate passed from the
family of Derwas, through the Lys-
ters, of Rowton, to the late John
Owen, esq. and came eventually to
Mrs. Ormsby Gore.
Anne.
Mary.
Anna.
Mr. Edwards died in February, 1709-10,
and was s. by his eldest son,
John Edwards, esq. of Great Ness, alias,
Ness Strange, in the county of Salop, who
m. first, Mary, daughter of Richard Muck-
leston, esq. of Shrewsbury, brother of the
recorder of Oswestry, and secondly, Man ,
relict of — Corbet, esq. by the former of
whom (who d. 1st January, 1703) he had,
with a daughter, Mary, m. to the Rev. Wil-
liam Parry, a son and successor,
John Edwards, seq. of Great Ness, alias,
Ness Strange, b. 19th April, 1701, who
espoused first, in April, 1735, Margaret,
daughter of Robert Lowndes, esq. of Win-
stow, in the county of Bucks, by Margaret,
his wife, daughter of Richard Atcherley,
esq. of Weston,f and had a son, Rowland,
his heir. He m. secondly, in December,
1744, Mary, daughter of John Combcrback,
esq. but by that lady, who died 4th Feb-
ruary, 1764, had no issue. Mr. Edwards
d. 2nd June, 1775, and was s. by his son,
Rowland Edwards, esq. of Ness Strange,
b. 1st September, 1738. This gentleman
m. in April, 1765, Dorothy, daughter of
John Scott, esq. of Shrewsbury, by whom
(who d. in 1781) he had issue,
John, his heir.
Lydia, who d. unm. in 1830.
Mary, who d. unm. in 1795.
Eliza.
Mr. Edwards died 31st May, 1796, and was
s. by his only son, the present John Ed-
wards, esq. of Ness Strange.
A nns— Party per fessc, sa. and arg. a lion
rampant counterchanged.
Crest — Within a wreath a lion rampant.
Estate — Great Ness, alias, Ness Strange,
in the county of Salop, first possessed about
the year 1660.
Seat — The Hall, Great Ness, near Shrews-
bury.
t By Margaret, his wife, daughter of Rowland
Hill, esq. of Hawkstone.
VERNON-WENTWORTH, OF WENTWORTH CASTLE.
WENTWORTH-VERNON, FREDERICK-WILLIAM-THOMAS, esq. of Went-
worth Castle, in the county of York, b. 20th September,
1795, m. 23rd May, 1826, the Lady Augusta- Brudenell
Bruce, second daughter of Charles, present Marquess of
Ailesbury, and has issue,
V I^T ~~ yy Thomas-Frederick-Charles, b. 20th October, 1831.
N© . Si Vv/v /s Louisa-Mary-Hamilton,, b. 4th July, 1829.
This gentleman, whose patronymic is Vernon, assumed
the additional surname and arms of Wentworth, in com-
pliance with the testamentary injunction of his kinswoman,
Augusta Hatfield-Kaye, wife of John Hatfield-Kaye,
esq. of Hatfield Hall, and sister and heiress of Frederick-
Thomas Wentworth, third Earl of Strafford.
Utntage.
The family of Wentworth, originally
Winterwade, is said by genealogists to
have derived its designation, in Saxon
times, from the lordship of Winterwade
(so written in Domesday Book), in the
wapentake of Strafford and county of
York.
In the reign of Henry III.
William de Wyntword, of Wyntword,
married Emma, daughter and heir of Wil-
liam Wodehous, of Wodehous, by whom he
acquired that estate ; and taking up his
abode there, the family have ever since
been denominated "the Wentworths, of
Wentworth-Woodhouse." The descen-
dant in a direct line from this William and
his wife Emma (for the intermediate gene-
rations, see Burke's Extinct and Dormant
Peerage),
Thomas Wentworth, esq. of Wentworth
Woodhouse, was high sheriff of the county
of York, in the 25th Queen Elizabeth.
He m. Margaret, daughter and heir of Sir
William Gascoigne,* knt. of Gawthorpe,
and by her acquired the manor and seat of
Gawthorpe, Cusworth, &c. and his descend-
ants became co-heirs to the baronies of
Ferrers, of Wemme, and Boteler, of Wemme,
then (and still) in abeyance. Mr. Went-
* Mary Ferrers, younger daughter and heir
of Sir Robert Ferrers, Lord Ferrers, of Wemme,
espoused Ralph Nevil, a younger son of Ralph,
Earl of Westmorland, and had a son,
John Nevil, who wedded Elizabeth, daugh-
ter and heir of Robert Newmarch, and left
an only daughter and heiress,
Joane Nevil, who espoused Sir William
Gascoigne, and her daughter and
heiress,
Margaret Gascoigne, became the
wife of Thomas Wentworth, as in
the text.
2.
worth died 14th February, 1586-7, pos-
sessed of lands in Yorkshire to the amount
of £6000 a year. He was s. by his eldest son,
Sir William Wentworth, of Wentworth
Woodhouse. This gentleman was high-
sheriff of the county of York, in the last
year of Elizabeth, and was created a
Baronet on the 29th June, 1611. He m.
Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Robert
Atkins, knt. of Stowell, in the county of
Gloucester, and had, with other issue (for
which see Burke's Extinct and Dormant
Peerage ),
Thomas, his successor, the celebrated
Sir Thomas Wentworth, Earl of
Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ire-
land, who suffered decapitation on
the 12th May, 1641. His honors
were however restored, after the re-
establishment of the monarchy, to his
son,
William Wentworth, by patent,
as second Earl of Strafford,
&c. and his lordship was in-
stalled a Knight of the Garter.
He died* without issue, in 1695,
when the greater part of his
estates devolv ed upon his nephew
the Honourable Thomas Wat-
son, son of Edward Watson,
Earl of Rockingham, by bis sis-
ter, the Lady Anne Wentworth,
and all his honors became ex-
tinct, except the .Barony of
Ra b y, which passed to his cousin ,
Thomas Wentworth, of Ash-
by Puerorum.
William (Sir),
* For ample particulars of this nobleman and
his eminent father, refer to Burke's Extinct and
Dormant Peerage.
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VERNON-WENTWORTH, OF WENTWORTH-CASTLE.
The second son,
Sir William Wentworth, of Ashby
Puerorum, in the county of Lincoln, was
knighted by King Charles I. and fell at
Marston Moor. He wedded Elizabeth,
daughter and co-heir of Thomas Savile, esq.
of Hasseldon Hall, and had, with a daugh-
ter, Anne, who m. Edward Skinner, esq. of
Thornton College, in Lincolnshire, one sur-
viving son,
Sir William Wentworth, who was
sheriff of the county of York, in the 24th
Charles II. He. m. Isabella, daughter of
Sir Allan Apsley, knt. Treasurer of the
Household to James, Duke of York, and
had issue,
I. William, a military officer, died
unm. in 1693, while serving as a
captain of horse, in Flanders,
li. Thomas, of whom presently, as
successor to the Barony of Raby.
hi. Peter, of Henbury, in the county
of Dorset, who wedded Juliana, only
daughter of Thomas Horde, esq. of
Cote, in Oxfordshire, and had issue,
1. William, his successor, Gentle-
man Usher of the Privy Cham-
ber to the Princess Dowager of
Wales, who m. Susanna, daugh-
ter of Chamberlaigne Slaughter,
esq. of Slaughter Hall, in the
county of Gloucester, and had
one son and two daughters,
namely,
Frederick-Thomas, who s.
his cousin as third Eakl of
Strafford.
George.
Caroline.
Augusta- Anne, m. 30th May,
1772, to John Hatfield-
Kaye, esq. of Hatfield Hall,
in the county of York.
Mrs. Hatfield -Kaye, who
became heiress to her bro-
ther, the Earl of Strafford,
at his lordship's decease
s. p. in 1799, dying herself
likewise without issue, (in |
1802) bequeathed the es-
tates to ,her kinsman, Fre-
derick-William- Thomas
Vernon, esq. who assuming
in consequence the addi-
tional surname and arms of
Wentworth, is the present
Mr. Vernon-Wentworth,
of Wentworth Castle.
2. Harriet, m. to Thomas, son of
Francis Arundel, esq. of Stoke-
Bruers Park, in the county of
Northampton.
The second son and eventual heir,
Thomas Wentworth, esq. inherited at
the decease, in 1695, of his cousin, William,
second Earl of Strafford, (son of the be-
headed lord) the Barony of Raby. His lord-
ship, who was an eminent military character.
temp. King William III. and Queen Anne,
(in the latter reign he participated in Marl-
borough's victories) was created by letters
patent, 4th September, 1711, Viscount Went-
worth, of Wentworth Woodhouse, and Earl
of Strafford, with especial remainder to
his brother, Peter Wentw orth, esq. of Hen-
bury, and that gentleman's heirs male. He
m. Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Henry
Johnson, knt. of Bradenham, in Bucks, and
had one son and three daughters, viz.
I. William, his successor, and second
Earl of Strafford. This nobleman
espoused Lady Anne Campbell,
dau. of John, Duke of Argyll, but
dying s. p. in 1791, his honors passed
according to the limitation to his
first cousin, (the son and heir of
Peter of Henbury),
Frederick-Thomas Wentworth.
as third Earl, who died at his
seat, Henbury, in Dorsetshire .
without 'issue, in 1799, when all
the honors expired, and his es-
tates devolved upon his only
surviving sister,
Augusta - Anne Hatfield -
Kaye.
II. Anne, m. in 1733, to the Right
Hon. William Conolly, of Castle-
town, in Ireland, and d. s. p.
III. Lucy, in. to Field Marshal Sir
George Howard, K.B.
iv. Henrietta.
The youngest daughter,
Lady Henrietta Wentworth, espoused
in 1743, Henry Vernon,* esq. of Hilton,
in the county of Stafford, and had issue,
* This gentleman was a branch of the familv
from which the Lords Vernon derive. (See
Burke's Peerage and Baronetage.)
Henry Vernon, esq. of Houndshill, b. in 1616,
m. Muriel, daughter and heiress of Sir George
Vernon, of Haslington, one of the judges of the
Court of Common Pleas, and had issue,
i. George, of Sudbury, whose grandson,
George Vernon, esq. of Sudbury, as-
sumed in 1728, the additional surname
and arms of Venabm.s, and was cre-
ated 1st May, 1762, Lord Vernon,
Baron of Kinderton, in the county
of Chester,
n. Edward, b. in 1636.
in. Henry.
The third son,
Henry Vernon, esq. of Hilton, in the county
of Stafford, b. in June, 1637, espoused Margaret,
daughter of William Ladkins, esq. of Kelledon,
in Northamptonshire, and had four sons, viz.
Henry, his heir.
Edward, a merchant in London.
George, killed abroad.
Thomas, a merchant in London, d. unm. in
1742.
MAUDE, OF ALVERTHORPE AND WAKEFIELD
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I. Hknry, heir to his father.
ii. William-Leveson Vernon,
in. Henrietta Vernon, m. first, to Ri-
chard, Earl Grosvenor, and was
mother of the present Marquess of
Westminster. Her ladyship es-
poused, secondly, General George
Porter, M.P. and d. in 1828.
IV. Anne Vernon, m. to Lord Berwick.
v. Lucy Vernon.
vi. Caroline Vernon, maid of honour
to Charlotte, Queen Consort of
his Majesty, King George III.
vii. Jane Vernon.
The elder son,
Henry Vernon, esq. succeeded his father
at Hilton. Of this gentleman Miss Seward
makes the following observations i — " Mr.
Vernon roamed, in a ten years' tour, with
enthusiastic curiosity, not only ' the Celtic
and Iberian fields,' but almost every scene
upon the globe which has been dignified by
martial prowess, or has obtained poetic ce-
lebrity. He has seen, in tolerable preser-
The eldest son,
Henry Vernon, esq. of Hilton, wedded Pene-
lope, second daughter and co-heiress of Robert
Phillips, esq. of Newton, in the county of War-
wick, and by her, who died in 1726, had issue,
Henry, who m. as in the text, the Lady
Henrietta Wentworth.
Thomas-Phillips, 6. in 1719.
John, who died s. p.
Edward, b. in 1723.
Richard, b. in 1725, who m. Evelyn, daughter
of John Leveson, Earl Gower, and widow
of John Fitzpatrick, Earl of Upper Ossory.
Penelope, b. in 1722, m. to Sir William
Duckenfield Daniell, bart. of Over Table)'.
Elizabeth, d. young.
vation, a great part of the Temple of Ceres,
has stood upon Mount Calvary, Olympus'
and the Aonian hills, and has drank of the
now exhausted waters of the Simois and
Scamander ; has fought, since England
sheathed the sword, the Indians for Ame-
rica, and the Turks for the empress. He
was some time at Gibraltar, with General
Elliot, and obtained the friendship of that
illustrious being. It gives me pleasure that
he, my neighbour, Mr. Vernon, stands so
high in Lord Healhfield's esteem. He has
considerable talents and exertions ; and the
warm and entirely voluntary praise of so
great and good a man proves that they have
been, at least of late years, directed to noble
purposes." He married Margaret, daugh-
ter of Thomas Fisher, esq. of Acton, in the
county of Middlesex, and dying in 1814,
left an only son, the present Frederick-
William -Thomas Vernon -Wentworth,
esq. of Wentworth Castle.
Arms — Quarterly; 1st and 4th, for Went-
worth, sa. a chev. between three leopards'
heads, or ; 2nd, for Vernon, arg. a fret sa. ;
3rd, for Vernon, of Haslington, or, on a
fesse az. three garbs of the first.
Crests — For Wentworth, a griffin pas-
sant. For Vernon, a boar's head erased
sa. ducally gorged and bristed or.
Motto — En Dieu est tout.
Estates — Wentworth Castle, near Barns-
ley, Yorkshire ; Stoke Park, near Tow-
cester, Northamptonshire ; and Aldborougb,
near Saxmundham, Suffolk, descended to
the present possessor from his great-grand-
father, Thomas, Earl of Strafford.
Town Residence — 11, Connaught Place.
Seat — Wentworth Castle, near Barnsley.
MAUDE, OF ALVERTHORPE AND WAKEFIELD.
MAUDE, FRANCIS, esq. of Hatfeild Hall, in the county of York, barrister-at-law,
and recorder of Doncaster, b. in 1768, m. in 1797,
Hannah, daughter of Francis Nettleton, esq. and has
issue,
Francis, M.A. in holy orders, incumbent of Hoyland,
in Yorkshire, b. in 1798, m. in 1830, Frances, daugh-
ter of John Branson, esq. of Doncaster.
Ralph, in holy orders, M.A. vicar of Mirfield, b. 1799.
Daniel, M.A. b. in 1801, and called to the bar in 1830.
Charles, b. in 1807, an officer in the Honorable East
India Company's service , 18th Bombay Native In-
fantry.
Susanna.
Hannah.
Mr. Maude succeeded his father in 1789.
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MAUDE, OF ALVERTHORPE AND WAKEFIELD.
Htnragt.
The family of Maude, originally Lords |
of Monte Alto, in Italy, was established
in England by
Eustace de Monte Alto, sumamed the
Norman Hunter, one of the soldiers of the
Conquest, in the immediate train of the
Palatine Earl of Chester, the potent Hugh
Lupus ; from whom, in requital of his gal-
lant services, Monte Alto obtained, with
other territorial possessions, the lordships
and manors of Montalt and Hawarden, in
the county of Flint, places still designating
a branch of his descendants, the noble house
of Maude, Viscounts Hawarden and Barons
of Montalt. Eustace was *. by his eldest
son,
Hugh de Monte Alto, the second baron
under Hugh Lupus, who gave a large por-
tion of his possessions to the monks. He
was s. by his brother,
Roger de Monte Alto, the third baron,
to whom succeeded his son,
Ralph de Montalt, fourth baron, sewer
to Ranulph, Earl of Chester, who had two
sons and a daughter, viz.
Robert, his heir.
Simon, living in 1160, who removed
into the county of York, holding land
in the second fee of Skipton, under
the De Romilles. He was s. by his
son,
Richard de Montalt, Lord of West
Riddlesden, Morton, Potter
Newton, Barnby on Don, &c.
who, his son, Simon, dying in
his lifetime, and without male
issue, gave all his Yorkshire es-
tates to Robert Montalt, son of
his cousin, Andomar.
Beatrix, m. to William Malpas.
The elder son,
Robert de Montalt, first baron by
tenure, erected, temp. Henry II. Montalt
(now Mold or Mould) Castle, in Flintshire.
This Robert, who was steward of the pala-
tine to the Karl of Chester, espoused Emma,
daughter of Sir Robert Delaval, and had
issue,
Robert, second baron by tenure.*
Ralph.
* Robert de Montalt, the second baron by
tenure, had four sons,
i. Roger, his heir.
ii. John, who m. Ellen — , and had a daugh-
ter, Elizabeth, living in 1318.
in. Ralph, in holy orders, 54th Henry III.
iv. Adam (Sir), who saved the life of Henry
III. at the Battle of Evesham.
The eldest son,
Roger de Montalt, or Monhault, third baron
John.
Matthew.
Simon.
William, in holy orders.
Roger, possessed of two knights' fees
and a half.
Andomar.
The youngest son,
Andomar or Aylmer de Montalt,
founded the Yorkshire and only surviving
branch of the family. In 1174, accompany-
ing the expedition against William the
Lion, Andomar had the good fortune to
make the Scottish monarch prisoner, by
surprise; and convex ing the royal captive
to Henry II. then at Falaise, in Normandy,
that prince granted to him, instead of his
by tenure, Seneschal of Chester, was deemed one
Of the most potent feudal lords in the time of
Henry III. and accompanied Prince Edward to
the Holy Land. Being constantly employed
against the Welsh, his lands at Montalt were
wrested from him by David, Prince of Wales,
but restored in 1240. He m. Cecilia, second
sister and one of the co-heirs of Hugh de Albini,
Earl of Arundel, bv whom he acquired the manor
of Castle Rising, in Norfolk, with other extensive
estates (see Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peer-
age), and had issue,
John, his heir.
Robert.
Leucha, m. to Philip de Orreby, the
younger.
To equip himself for Palestine this great baron
conveyed, for a sum of money, a large portion of
the woods and revenues which he possessed at
Coventry, in right of Cecilia, his wife, to the
monks of that place. He died in 1260, and was
s. by his elder son,
John de Montai.t, fourth baron by tenure, who
m. first, Elene, widow of Robert de Stockport :
and secondly, Milisent, daughter and co-heir of
William de Cantilupe, which lady wedded, se-
condly, Eudo le Zouch, and from that union
sprang the Lords Zouch of Haryngworth. He
(Montalt) died, however, s. p. and was s. by his
brother,
Robert de Montalt, fifth baron by tenure,
who was present at the siege of Cairlavaroik.
This feudal lord was s. at his decease by his son,
Roger de Montalt, the sixth baron by tenure,
who was one of the nobles in rebellion against
Henry' III. ; but, returning to his allegiance, he
subsequently defended Cambridge for the king.
In the reign of Edward I. he was in the wars of
Gascony, and was summoned to parliament, as a
baron, on the 25rd June, 129.5. His lordship
wedded Julia, daughter of Roger de ClirFord, but
dying without issue, in 1297, the barony by writ
expired ; his lands devolved, however, on his
brother,
Robert de Montalt, seventh baron by tenure,
the lust and most powerful of all the Montalts,
MAUDE, OF ALVERTIIOIIPE AND WAKEFIELD.
85
ancient ensigns, " a lion gu. (the lion of
Scotland), debruised two bars sa." to denote
captivity.* The son and heir of Andomar,
Robert de Montalt, inherited West
Riddlesden, and the other estates of his
cousin, Richard. He w as great-great-great-
great-great grandfather of
Thomas Monhault, whose son,
CoNSTANTINE MONHAULT, Or MAUDE, of
West Ryddylsden, living between the years
1480 and 1520, espoused a daughter of —
Kighley, of Newhall, and was succeeded by
his sou,
Arthur Maude, of West Ryddlesden,
whose will bears date in 1534. He wedded
a daughter of Lawrence Towueley, and had,
born in the 54th of Henry III. This gallant
person having distinguished himself in the wars
of Scotland and Gascony, was summoned to par-
liament from 2?th Edward I. to loth Edward
III. in which year he died without issue, when
the barony of Montalt became extinct, and his
extensive estates, according to a settlement made
by the deceased lord, passed to Isabel, Queen
Consort of England, mother of Edward III. for
life, with remainder to John, of Kltham, brother
to the king, and his heirs for ever. Emma, the
widow of this nobleman, and who had previously
been married to Richard Fitzjohn, a great baron
(son of John Fitzgeffery, justice of Ireland), was
living in 1332. She lies interred in Stradset
Church, Norfolk, with this epitaph: " Ici gist
Dame Emma de Mountalt, femme de deux barons.
Dieu par sa pitie avez merci de sa anie." Vide
Gough, vol. ii. p. 93.
* Mr. John Maude, of Moorhouse, visited on
the 4th August, 1827, West Riddlesden Hall,
the ancient seat of the Monte Alto, Montalto, or
Maudes, and copied the annexed ensigns from
stained glass in the staircase window, with the
letters,
(The first letter A being cut off by the leading, as
well as the final T.)
— RTHUR DE MAHAU—
"Arthur de Mahaut proved his arms and pedi-
gree at Glover's visitation, 1585. West Rid-
dlesden Hall is in the parish of Bingley, within a
mile and a half of Keigbley. The Montaltos' had
great possessions in East and West Morton, in
the parish of Bingley, early in the 12th century."
with a daughter, Agnes, the wife of Stephen
Paslew, of Rawdon, a son and successor,
Thomas Monhault, or Maude, of West
Riddlesden, whose will is dated 1576. This
gentleman m. (see p. 475, vol. i.) Catherine,
daughter of Roger Tempest, esq. of Brough-
ton, by Anne, his wife, daughter of Sir John
Carre, knt. of Thornton, and grand-daughter
of Thomas, Lord Clifford. By this lady he
had issue,
i. Arthur Mawhaut, or Maude, who
proved at Glover's visitation, in 1585,
his descent from Constantine, and
was allowed to bear his arms. He
m. Jane, daughter of Anthony El-
tofts, esq. of Farnhill, in Craven, and
had six daughters, viz.
Agnes, m. 14th May, 1579, to Tho-
mas Hall, esq. of Shipden, near
Halifax.
Isabella, m. 23rd April, 1582, to
Thomas Wade, of Addingham.
Jane.
Margaret.
Elizabeth.
Mary.
Arthur died 26th December, 1587,
and was buried at Bingley.
II. Thomas, who d. s. p.
in. Christopher, of whom presently,
iv. Anne.
v. Margaret, m. to Thomas Tempest,
esq. of Yellowsonie.
vi. Isabel, m. to Robert Bayldon, of
Bayldon.
The third son,
Christopher Maude, esq. of Holling
Hall and Woodhouse, was patron of Ilkley,
in 1554. His will is dated 1561. He m.
Grace , and had issue,
I. Thomas, of West Riddlesden, who d.
3rd January, 1633. His grandson,
Robert Maude, esq. of West Rid-
dlesden and Ripon, in the county
of York, patron of Ilkley in
1640, as was his father in 1607,
disposed of his English estates,
and purchased others, in the
counties of Kilkenny and Tip-
perary, whither he removed. He
d. in 1685, and was succeeded by
his son,
Anthony Maude, esq. of
Dundrum,M.P.forCashell,
grandfather of
Sir Cornwallis Maude,
bart. who was elevated
to the peerage of Ire-
land, 4th May, 1785,
by the title of Baron
Montalt-, and created,
10th June, 1791, Vis-
count Hawarden. His
lordship's sou, Corn-
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MAUDE, OF ALVERTHORPE AND WAKEFIELD.
WALLIS, is the present
viscount. See Burke's
Peerage und Baronet-
age.
H. John, of whom presently.
in. Isabel, m. to William Currer, esq.
of Marley. See Whitaker's Craven.
The second son of Christopher Maude,
John Maude, esq. of Staynland, near
Halifax, made, in 1585 and 1592, surrenders
of copyhold in Wakefield parish. He es-
poused Alice, daughter of Brian Brome,
esq. and had (with a younger son, Bryan,
who had two sons, Bryan and John) his
successor,
John Maude, esq. of Alverthorpe Hall,
in the county of York, surnamed Senex,
partly on account of his great age, and
partly to distinguish him from his son and
grandson, both named John. Mr. Maude,
who was the first of the family to settle at
Wakefield, m. Jane , and had issue,
i. John, his heir.
ii. Barnabas, now represented by Tho-
mas-Holme Maude, esq. of Blawith,
(see family of Maude, of Blawith).
III. Elizabeth, m. to William Yarburgh.
iv. Mary, m. to — Gill.
v. Rebecca, m. to — Wilson, esq. and
had one son, Edward Wilson, and a
daughter, Elizabeth Wilson.
John Maude, Senex, died in 1635, (his widow
in 1645) when his will was proved by his
grandson. His son and heir,
John Maude, esq. of Alverthorpe and
Wakefield, married first, Elizabeth , by
whom (who d. in 161S) he had issue,
John, b. in 1614, proved his grand-
father's will in 1635, d. in September,
1686, aged seventy-two, and was
buried in the high choir of Wakefield
church.
George, d. young.
Sarah, who d. in 1613.
Elizabeth, b. in 1616.
Mr. Maude wedded, secondly, Sarah ,
and had
Daniel, his heir.
Gideon, of Wakefield, b. in 1625, m. in
1648, Sarah Nettleton, and had two
sons, Gideon and John.
Joshua, b. in 1627, had one son and six
daughters.
Grace, b. in 1621.
Sarah, b. in 1622, and d. in 1658.
Maria, b. in 1632,
The eldest son by the second marriage,
Daniel Maude, esq. of Alverthorpe and
Wakefield, b. in 1620, espoused, in 1650,
Fanny Staveley, by whom (who d. in 1695,
aged seventy-five) he had issue,
i. Daniel, b. in 1651, of Alverthorpe,
Wakefield, and Seacroft, who m.
Sarah , and dying in 1710, left
surviving issue, one son and a daugh-
ter, viz.
1. John, commonly called " Law-
yer Maude," of Alverthorpe
Hall and Lotherton, b. in 1683,
who m. first, Elizabeth, only child
of William Dodd, citizen of Lon-
don, secondly, Frances, daughter
and sole heiress of — Parthe-
ricke, esq. of London, and thirdly,
Anne, daughter of Sir Michael
Wentworth, knt. of Woolley,
and relict, first, of Sir Lion Pil-
kington, bart. of Chevet, and
secondly, of Sir Charles Dais-
ton, bart. of Heath. By his first
wife, Lawyer Maude had (with
younger children, who d. s. p.) a
son,
Thomas, of Alverthorpe and
Lotherton. This gentleman,
although disinherited by his
father, eventually (his bro-
thers dying intestate) inhe-
rited his patrimonial estates.
He realised, however, his
father's opinion, squandered
all his property, and, in
1754, sold Alverthorpe to
his cousin, the Rev. William
Lowther. He m. a woman
in low life, and left two
sons and a daughter, viz.
1. Thomas, b. in 1713,
who m. lowly, and had
issue,
Thomas, who died at
Clayworth, near
Bawtry, in 1794,
leaving no proper-
ty : and thus ter-
minated the male
line of the senior
branch of the
WakefieldMaudes.
Anne, m. to a cler-
gyman.
2. Francis, lieutenant in
the army.
3. Elizabeth.
2. Elizabeth (sister to Lawyer
Maude), b. in 1684, m. Christo-
pher Lowther, esq, and was mo-
ther of the Rev. William Low-
ther, rector of Swillington, father
of William, the present
Earl of Lonsdale, represen-
tative, in the female line, of
the eldest branch of the
Wakefield Maudes.
ii. Neville, d. young.
in. Timothy, b. in 1665.
iv. Francis, of whom presently,
v. William, progenitor of Maude, of
Moor House.
MAUDE, OF MOOR HOUSE.
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vi. Sarah, b. in 1655, m. in 1684, to
George Cooke, esq.
VII. Elizabeth, b. in 1659.
vin. Mary, b. in 1663.
The fourth son of Daniel Maude, of Alver-
thorpe, by his wife, Fanny Staveley,
Francis Maude, esq. m. first, a lady
named Mary, but of what family is not re-
corded, and had issue,
I. John, a merchant at Wakefield, b. in
1684, who died in 1744, aged sixty,
leaving issue,
William, of Normanton, who m.
Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev.
— Wilson, vicar of Wakefield,
and d. s. p. in 1776.
Susan, b. in 17 12, m. to — Lumley,
of Leeds.
Barbara, b. in 1720, who m. —
Buckle, esq. of Wakefield, and
dying' in 1769, left a daughter,
Lydia Buckle, b. in 1757, who
m. Colonel Stranbenzee, of
Spennithorne, and inherited
her uncle William Maude's
estates, at Normanton, near
Wakefield. She died in
1825.
Hannah, b. in 1722, m. to Disney
Roebuck, esq. of Heath.
ii. Daniel, d. in infancy.
III. Thomas, b. in 1691, d. in 1742.
iv. Francis, of whom presently.
v. James, d. in 1725.
d. young.
VI. Stamford,
vii. Benjamin,
vin. Hannah, b. in 1685, m. to Mr.
John Norton, and had issue.
IX. Mary, b. in 1686, m. in 1707, to
Richard Armitage.esq. and had issue.
X. Sarah, d. young.
Mr. Maude wedded secondly, in 1707, Mrs.
Milicent Smith, and had a son, Arthur, wno
d. in infancy. His fourth son,
Francis Maude, esq. b. in 1693, m. twice,
but had issue only by his first wife, Barbara,
daughter of James Sill, esq. of Wakefield.
Mr. Maude, who was named sole executor
of his father's will, died in 1734, and was s.
by his son,
Francis Maude, esq. of Leathley on the
Wharfe, b. in 1726, who m. in 1767, Fanny-
Maria, daughter of Ralph Vernon, esq. of
Shrewsbury, and by her (who died at Wake-
field, in 1829, aged eighty-five) had issue,
Francis, his heir.
Ralph, b. in 1770, in holy orders, died
in 1796.
James, b. in 1781, d. in 1817.
Mary- Ann.
Barbara.
Fanny, m. first to John Neale, esq. and
secondly, to William Charnock, esq.
of Wakefield.
Alethea, m. to J. B. Gaunt, esq. of
London.
Charlotte, m. to Henry Borel, esq.
lieut. fifth dragoon guards, and has
issue, one son and one daughter.
Arabella, m. to William Groom, esq.
late of Russel-square, and has issue,
three sons and four daughters.
Mr. Maude, who died in 1789, was buried at
Leathley, and s. by his son, the present
Francis Maude, esq. of Hatfeild Hall.
Arms — Arg. three bars gemelles sa ; over
all a lion rampant gu. charged on the shoul-
der with a cross crosslet fitchee or.
Crest — A lion's head couped, charged
with a cross crosslet fitchee or.
Motto — De monte alto.
Estates — In Yorkshire.
Seat— Hatfeild Hall, Yorkshire.
MAUDE, OF MOOR HOUSE.
MAUDE, JOHN, esq. of Moor House, in the county of York, b. in 1772, a magis-
trate, and deputy-lieutenant for the West-Riding of that shire.
Mr. Maude, who was educated at Hanau,on the Mayne, spent several years (from
1793 to 1803) in the United States of America, and published an interesting work at
Wakefield, in 1826, under the title of " A Visit to the Falls of Niagara," with descrip-
tive engravings from drawings by himself.
Utntage.
William Maude, esq. of Flanshaw, b. in
1667, youngest son of Daniel Maude, esq.
of Alverthorpe Hall, and great-great grand-
son of John Maude de Stainland, espoused
Elizabeth , by whom (who survived her
husband several years, and d. in 1743, aged
seventy- three) he had issue,
Abraham, who d. young.
Daniel, his heir.
William, died in youth.
Neville, b. in 1706, and d. in 1745,
having passed the greater part of his
life abroad.
88
MAUDE, OF KENDAL.
Ann, died unmarried, in 1716, aged
twenty.
Sarah, b. in 1701, m. to Timothy Schole-
field, esq.
William Maude, of Flanshaw, d. in 1708,
aged forty-one, and was s. by his son,
Daniel Maude, esq. of Wakefield, b. in
1698, who m. in 1720, Ann, daughter of —
Spencer, esq. of Rotherham, and had (with
other children, who died young)
I. William, b. in 1723, entered the
army, and died abroad.
ii. Dam el, b. in 1726, of Wakefield,
who wedded Ann, daughter of Wil-
liam Todd, esq. of Newstead, and by
her (who d. in 1623, aged seventy-
six) left issue at his decease, in 1787,
one son and three daughters, viz.
Damel-Salusbury, b. in 1774, of
Gray's Inn, now residing in
London.
Sarah, m. to Jeremiah Naylor, esq.
of Wakefield.
Ann.
Elizabeth, who m. in 1803, Robert
Mc Cleverty, esq. R. M. now
colonel commandant of the royal
marines, at Woolwich, son of
William Mc Cleverty, esq. of
Antrim, captain R.N. who sailed
round the world with Lord \n-
son, and was a party to the rup-
ture of the Acapulco galleon.
Mrs. Mc Cleverty died in 1827,
leaving issue,
1. William-Anson Mc Cle-
verty, a captain in the 48th
regiment.
2. Robert, a lieutenant in the
94th regiment.
3. James-Johnson, a lieute-
nant on board the Castor.
4. Elizabeth.
in. Francis, of whom presently.
iv. Elizabeth, who d. in 1796, aged
seventy-four.
v. Sarah, who d. in 1792, aged sixty-
four,
vi. Barbara, who d. in 1797, aged
sixty-four.
Daniel Maude, senior, of Wakefield, d. in
1759, aged sixty-one, and was buried in the
south choir of Wakefield church. His
youngest son,
Francis Maude, esq. of West Hall, b. in
1731, espoused, in 1760, Mary, daughter
and one of the three co-heirs of John Skil-
beck, esq. of Hull, by whom (who died in
1824, aged eighty-six years) he had issue to
survive him,
John, his heir.
Daniel, of Middlewood Hall, York-
shire, who m. in 1816, Jannet, dan.
of George Munro, esq. of Caldcr
Bank, near Glasgow, and has issue,
1. Daniel-John. b. in 1817.
2. George-Skilbeck, b. in 1819.
3. Matilda.
4. Elizabeth.
5. Jane.
Ann, who d. unmarried, in 1829.
Mary, who d. unmarried, in 1828.
Louisa.
Mr. Maude, of West Hall, d. in 1810, aged
seventy-nine, and was s. by his son, the
present John Maude, esq. of Moor House.
Arms, Crest, and Motto — See Maude, of
Hatfeild, p. 83.
Estates — In Yorkshire.
Seut — Moor House, near Wakefield.
MAUDE, OF KENDAL.
MAUDE, THOMAS-HOLME, esq. of Kendal, in the county of Westmoreland,
and of Blawith, in Lancashire, b. 4th May, 1770, m. 12th August, 1801, Elizabeth,
only child of Joshua Marriott, esq. of Rushholme, by Ann, his wife, only surviving
child of the late Nicholas Wall,* esq. of Preston, barrister-at-law.
This gentleman, a magistrate for Westmoreland and Lancashire, and a deputy-lieu-
tenant for the former county, was appointed, in 1803, lieutenant-colonel commandant
of the Kendal volunteers, and subsequently lieutenant-colonel of the Kendal and Lons-
dale local militia, which latter commission he still holds. He succeeded his father
16th May, 1803.
* This gentleman, who died in 17.53, was grandson of Nicholas Wall, who was fifteen at the visi-
tation of 1664.
MAUDE, OF KENDAL.
89
Htncngc.
Barnabas Maude, esq. second son of John
Maude, esq. of Alverthorpe Hall who died
in 1635, and grandson of John Maude de
Staynland, espoused a lady named Marga-
ret, and had issue,
I. John, who died before 1667, leaving
one son, John, and two daughters,
Margaret and Mary.
II. Bryan.
III. William, baptized at Wakefield, in
1635, in. Miss Harper, of I eeds, and
d. in 1708, having had four sons, who
died unmarried, and a daughter, the
wife of the Rev. — Twizzleton.
iv. Maria.
v. Editha.
The second son,
Bryan Maude, esq. baptized at Wake-
field, 1634, wedded, in 1658, Jane More,
and by her (who d. in 1691) had issue,
Joseph, his heir.
Samuel, ancestor of the Maudes, of the
Woodlands, and of Sunnyside.
Bryan Maude died in 1685, and was s. by
his son,
Joseph Maude, esq. of Sunderland, in
the county of Durham, b. in 1662. This
gentleman m. iu 1692, Miss Sarah Paddi-
son, of Norton, by whom (who died in 1766)
he had issue,
William, his heir.
Barnabas, b. in 1701, and died in 1770.
Joseph, b. in 1712, who in. Miss Noble,
of Sunderland, and died in 1774.
Timothy, b in 1715, who died in 1741,
leaving by Ann, his wife, who died
in 1799, a daughter, in. to Mr. Smea-
tham, of Sunderland.
Mr. Maude died in 1744, and was s. by his
son,
William Maude, esq. of Sunderland, b.
in 1699, who mi. first, in 1732, Margery,
daughter of W. Rawlinson, esq. of Graith-
waite Hall, in Lancashire, but by her had
no children. He wedded secondly, in 1738,
Margaret, daughter of Thomas Holme, esq.
Mayor of Kendal in 1716 and 1723, by
Margaret, his wife, sister of Peter Collin-
son, esq. F.R.S. and F.S.A. of Mill Hill,
in Middlesex, and left at his decease in
1753, (with another son, William, b. in
1740, who died unm. in 1775) a successor,
Joseph Maude, esq. b, in 1739, who, in
1773 sold his extensive possessions in the
county of Durham, and purchasing other
estates in Westmoreland, removed to that
shire, of which he was appointed a magis-
trate and deputy lieutenant. He espoused
in 1768, Sarah, daughter of Thomas Holme,
esq. of Kendal, a magistrate for Westmore-
land, (by Elizabeth, his wife, youngest
daughter of Jacob Morland, esq. of Capple-
thwaite Hall, a younger branch of the Mor-
lands of Court Lodge, in Kent) and had issue,
i. Thomas-Holme, his heir,
ii. Frederick, b. in 1771.
in. William, b. in 1772, who m. in
1802, Jane, younger daughter of
James Greenway, esq. of Manches-
ter, merchant, and has four sons and
five daughters, viz.
1. Frederick, in holy orders, M.A.
Incumbent of Longridge, in Lan-
cashire.
2. Thomas-Holme.
3. William-Edward.
4. Eustace-Montalt.
5. Sarah-Elizabeth.
6. Jane.
7. Margaret.
8. Charlotte.
9. Emma-Maria.
iv. Joseph, in holy orders, M.A. m. in
1804, Leah Cooper, relict of the Rev.
George Bellasis, D.D. and has one
son, Joseph, M.A. in holy orders.
v. Warren.
vi. Edwin, at the Cape of Good Hope,
who in. in 1817, Frances-Anne, only
daughter of the late Mr. Wiggins, of
Jamaica, and has issue, Henry, Wil-
liam, and Frances.
vii. John - Barnabas, M.A. in holy
orders, Senior Fellow of Queen's
College, Oxford.
VIII. Charles.
IX. Barnabas, a merchant at Leghorn,
who m. in 1818, Harriet, only sur-
viving daughter of Richard Arm-
strong, esq. late surgeon to the
British Army, in Canada, and has
Richard-Armstrong, and other issue.
x. Elizabeth-Margaret, m. to Thomas
Stamp, esq. capt. R.N.
XI. Anna-Maria, in. to William Briggs,
M.D. and has issue.
xn. Charlotte, m. to (the late) George
Hutchins Bellasis, esq. eldest son of
the late Major General Bellasis, of
Bombay, and has four sons and two
daughters.
Mr. Maude died 16th May, 1803, aged sixty-
three, (his widow survived until 1831, dying
at the advanced age of eighty-eight, with-
out having had to mourn the loss of any
one of her numerous and happy family,)
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MAUDE, OF THE WOODLANDS.
and was s. by his eldest son, the present
Thomas-Holme Maude, esq. of Kendal and
Blawith.
Arms, Crest, and Motto— See Maude of
Hatfeild.
Estates — In Westmoreland, inherited from
his father, and in Lancashire, purchased in
1806, by the present proprietor.
Seats — A mansion in Kendal, built and
entailed by the late Joseph Maude, esq.
and Blawith Cottage, near Cartmel, erected
by the present Mr. Maude.
MAUDE, OF THE WOODLANDS.
MAUDE, The Reverend HENRY-ROXBY, L. L. B. b. in 1799, m. in 1829, Jane,
daughter of Thomas Meux, esq. of London. Mr. Maude succeeded to the representa-
tion of this branch of the Maudes upon the demise of his father in 1831.
Ht'nc.w.
Samuel Maude, esq. of Sunderland, (a
younger son of Bryan Maude, esq. b. in
1634, see Maude, of Kendal, p. 89) was
father of
Warren Maude, esq. of Sunnyside,
who to. first, in 1731, Mary, daughter of —
Forster, esq. of Hawthorn, Durham, and
had issue,
I. Samuel, who to. Hannah, daughter
and heir of — Makepeace, esq. of
Newbottle, and d. in 1755.
II. Thomas, of whom presently,
in. Forster, who died young.
He wedded secondly, in 1737, Sarah, daugh-
ter of Thomas Holme, esq. mayor of Ken-
dal, temp. Queen Anne, by whom (who died
in 1793, aged seventy-four) he had issue, to
survive infancy,
I. John, 6. in 1738, who died unm. in
1775.
II. Jacob, of Sunnyside and Selaby.
III. Mary, to. to Thomas Stamp, «?sq.
of Sunderland, and dying in 1776,
left four sons and five daughters.
iv. Margaret, to. first, to Robert White,
esq. of Shuncliffe, and secondly, to
Major Richard Lluellyn, by whom
(who died 5th January, 1829) she
left at her decease in 1822, an only
son, the present,
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Llu-
ellyn, C.B. who m. 27th June,
1831, Elizabeth- Augusta, daugh-
ter, of Lieutenant-general Ray-
mond, of the Lee, in Essex, and
has a son, Richard, b. in 1832.
v. Sarah, relict of Joseph Lamb, esq.
of Ryton.
vi. Jane, relict of R. L. Lynn, esq. of
Newcastle.
The second son,
Thomas Maude, esq. of Newcastle, b. in
1733, espoused in 1756, Margaret* daughter
of John Holme, esq. of Kendal, who died
during his mayoralty, and had issue,
Thomas, his heir.
Margaret, to. to John Dixson, esq. of
Clifton, in Yorkshire.
Mary.
Mr. Maude died in 1777, aged fourty-four,
and was s. by his son,
Thomas Maude, esq. of the Woodlands,
near Harrogate, b. in 1770, who to. in 1796,
Jane, daughter of Henry Roxby, esq. of
Clapham Rise, Surrey, and niece of Sir
James Saunderson, hart, and had three
sons, viz.
Henry-Roxby.
Thomas, b. in 1801, M.A. of the Mid-
dle Temple, author of the Traveller's
Lay, and many other poetical pieces.
James, b. in 1811, residing with his
mother at the Woodlands.
Jane, to. in 1824, to the Rev. Edward
Cams Wilson, B.A. third son of
William W. Carus Wilson, esq. of
Casterton Hall, M.P.
Mr. Maude died in 1831, and was s. by his
eldest son, the present Rev. Henry Roxby
Maude.
Arms, Crest, and Motto-
Hatfeild.
Estates — In Yorkshire.
Residence — Farnham,
borough.
-See Maude of
near Knares-
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MAUDE, OF SUNNYSIDE.
MAUDE, JACOB, esq. of Sunnyside, in the county of Durham, b. in 1757, now
residing1 at Selaby Hall, in that shire, m. first, in 1785, Mary, daughter of J. Fresh-
field, esq. of Norwich, and has a son,
Warren, of Green Bank, Darlington, an acting magistrate for the county of
Durham, b. in 1786, m. in 1809, Hannah-Isabella, daughter of Thomas Wilkin-
son, esq. of Wilton Castle, and has had issue,
Warren, born in 1811.
Thomas, who died in 1828.
Hannah-Elizabeth, m. in 1829, to Frederick Hardinge, esq. of Coutham Mun-
derville, in Durham, brother to the Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, K.C.B.
Frances-Emily.
Mr. Maude wedded, secondly, in 1792, Ruth, eldest daughter and co-heiress of John
Mitcheson, esq. of Carlisle, and has
Thomas-Mitcheson, b. in 1800, MA. barrister-at-law.
William, b. in 1802, M.A. m. Miss Lamb, grand-daughter of Joseph Lamb, esq. of
Ryton.
Mary, m. to Richard Moorson, captain R. N. son of vice-admiral Sir Robert Moor-
son, K.C.B. and lias issue.
Sarah, m. to the Rev. Edward Egremont, B.A.
Mr. Maude is in the commission of the peace for Northumberland.
For an account of this gentleman's de-
scent refer to Maude, of The Woodlands
Arms, Crest, and Motto — See Maude, of
Hatfeild.
Htnrage.
Estates — In Durham.
Seat — Selaby Hall, Durham.
CORBET, OF YNYSYMAENGWYN.
CORBET, ATHELSTAN, esq. of Ynysymaengwyn, in the county of Merioneth,
b. 24th June, 1788, m. 31st May, 1827, Julia Barbara,
daughter of Major-general Garstin, of Calcutta. Mr.
Corbet succeeded his paternal uncle 3rd December, 1820,
by deed of settlement, dated 1758, made by his great-
grandmother, Anne Owen, heiress of Ynysymaengwyn,
which required that he should change his name of Mau-
rice to Corbet, and bear the arms of Corbet only.
He is a magistrate, and deputy-lieutenant for the
county of Merioneth, and served the office of high-sheriff
for that shire in 1825.
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CORBET, OF YNYSYMAENGWYN.
Hincnac.
The family of Ynysymaengwyn owes its
origin to Bleddyn ap Kynfyn, who was (in
right of his mother, Angharad, daughter
and heiress of Meredith ap Owen ap Howell
dda,) Prince of Powys.
In 1237,
Osburn Fitzgerald, usually called Osher
Wyddel by the natives of Wales, (refer to
family of Wynne, of Peniarth, vol. i. p.
567) came over into Wales, and was in such
favour with Llewellyn the Great, who then
reigned in Wales, that he made him Go-
vernor of Harlech Castle, and gave him in
marriage the heiress of Corsygedol, his
ward. Their grandson,
Llewellyn ap Cynric, wedded Nest,
daughter and heiress of Griffith ap Adda, of
Ynysymaengwyn and Dolgoch. From this
period, the estates passed through many
generations (see vol. i. p. 567), until they
again centered in an heiress,
Elizabeth Wynn (daughter of Humphrey
Wynn), who espoused Sir James Pryse,*
knt. second son of John Pryse, of Goger-
than, one of the council of the Marches in
Wales, descended from Gwaethvoed Fawr,
and the issue of this marriage was an only
daughter and heiress,
Bridget Pryse, of Ynysymaengwyn,
who m. first, Robert Corbet, esq. second
son of Sir Vincent Corbet,f of Moreton
Corbet, by Frances, his wife, heiress of
William Humfreston, esq. of Humfreston,
in Shropshire (which estate was settled on
Robert Corbet), and by that gentleman (who
died in 1644) she had a son, Vincent, her
heir. She espoused, secondly, Sir Walter
Lloyd, of Llanfair Clewedogau, M.P. for
the county of Cardigan.
Her eldest son and heir,
Vincent Corbet, esq. of Ynysymaen-
gwyn, was s. by his son,
Vincent Corbet, esq. of Ynysymaen-
gwyn, who m. Ann, daughter of Richard
or William Vaughan, esq. of Corsygedol,
and had four daughters, viz.
Ann, his heiress.
Jane, m. first, to Thomas Pryce, of
Escairweddan, in the county of Me-
rioneth,'and secondly, to Hugh Wynn,
LL. D. second son of Robert Wynn,
of Bodysgallen, in Carnarvonshire.
Elizabeth, in. to Evan Glynn, of Glynn,
in Montgomeryshire.
Rachael, m. to Love Parry, of Wern
Fawr, M.P. for Carnarvonshire.
* Sir James Pryse died in 1642.
t The immediate ancestor of the family of
Corbet accompanied William the Conqueror into
Britain, and was one of the principal persons en-
trusted by Roger, Earl of Shrewsbury, in the
government of his county of Salop.
Mr.Vincent Corbet d. 6th January, 1723, aged
seventy-two, and was s. by his eldest dau.
Ann Corbet, of Ynysymaengwyn, b. in
1684, who m. Athelstan Owen, esq. of Rhiw-
saison, in the county of Montgomery, des-
cended from Ethelysdan Glodrydd, one of
the royal tribes of Wales, and had issue,
Corbet Owen, who m. Margaret Pryse,
heiress of Aberllefenny, but d. s. p.
Richard Owen, who d. unm. six months
after his mother.
Elizabeth Owen, m. to the Rev. Dr.
William Powell, of Nanteos, who d.
in 1780. (See Powell, of Nanteos,
vol. i. p. 230.)
Ann Owen, who m. Pryce MAi'KicE,f
esq. of Lloran Ucha and Penybont,
in Denbighshire, and left issue at her
decease, 5th October, 1767,
I. Edward Mai'rice, who inhe-
rited Ynysymaengwyn on the
death of his brother, Henry-
Arthur.
II. Pryce Maurice, in holy orders,
rector of Celynin and vicar of
Towyn, in the county of Merio-
neth, who m. Anne, daughter of
the Rev. David Davies, rector of
Llanlyllin, in the county of Meri-
oneth, by Anne, his wife, heiress
of Rugdg, in the same shire, and
left at his demise, in 1803, aged
fifty-eight, three sons and three
daughters, viz.
Edward-Davies, ) both died
Pryce, i unmarried.
Athelstan, who s. his uncle,
Edward, at Y'nysymaen-
gwyn, and is its present
possessor.
Anne-Susannah.
Henrietta, m. to Charles De-
cimus Williames, esq. of
Berthdu, county of Mont-
gomery, and has two dans.
Henrietta - Corbet Wil-
liames.
Anne-Maria Williames.
t The family of Maurice is the oldest lineal
male branch of the descendants of Einion Evell,
to whom so many of the Welsh families in the
neighbourhood of Oswestry trace their origin.
The parishes of Llansillyn and Rhaydr, in Moch-
rant, and still more extensive possessions in that
district belonged to this family ; but Griffith
Yollin de Lloran and Llangedwin had several
sons, and he divided his estates amongst them.
His great-grandson, Evan de Lloran, had eight
sons, and he also further divided his property
amongst them. What remained was partly sold
by the late Edward Corbet, and partly left by him
away from the legitimate family. See family of
Edwards, of Ness Strange.
NETHERCOAT, OF MOULTON GRANGE.
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Elizabeth.
in. Henry- Arthur Maurice, who
s. his grandmother, at Ynys-
ymaengwyn.
The heiress of Ynysymaengwyn, surviving
her husband, Athelstan Owen, until 18th
July, 1760, left her estates by deed of settle-
ment, dated 1758, (requiring that he should
bear the name and arms of Corbet, instead
of Maurice, and in failure of male issue,
then, on the same terms, to his elder brother,
Edward, and eventually to the next brother,
Pryce Maurice) to her youngest grandson,
Henry-Arthur Maurice, who, on in-
heriting Ynysymaengwyn, assumed the
name and arms of Corbet. He wedded
Frances, daughter of — Mostyn, esq. of
Bryngwyn, in the county of Montgomery,
but leaving at his decease, 5th October, 1782,
aged thirty, an only daughter, Anne, who d.
unmarried, in 1831, the estates passed, by
deed of settlement, to his eldest brother,
Edward Maurice, esq. of Ynysymaen-
gwyn, who also assumed the surname of Cor-
bet. He m. first, Hannah, dau. and co-heir
(with her sister, Mary, wife of Sir John
Hill, bart. of Hawkestone)of John Chambre,
esq. of Petton, in Salop, and had one dau.
Elinor, m. to Thomas Powell, esq. of
Nanteos.
He wedded, secondly, Miss Jane Thomas.
and had another daughter, Jane. He d. 3rd
December, 1820, and was s. by his nephew,
Athelstan Maurice, who took the surname
of Corbet, and is the present possessor of
Ynysymaengwyn.
Arms — Or, a raven ppr.
Crest — An elephant and castle ppr.
Mottoes — Over the crest, Virtutis laus
actio; under the shield, Deus pascit corvos.
Estates — In Merionethshire.
Seat — Ynysymaengwyn, in the parish of
Towyn, signifying, in English, " The Island
of the White Stone," was entirely burnt
in 1642, by King Charles's forces. In the
gardens is a stone of quartz, from which
the house takes its name, and where the
chieftain administered justice.
NETHERCOAT, OF MOULTON GRANGE.
NETHERCOAT, JOHN, esq. of Moulton Grange, in the county of Northampton,
b. 31st December, 1782, m. 13th June, 1812, Charlotte-
Frances-Jemima, third daughter of the late William
Hammond, esq. of St. Alban's Court, in Kent, (see vol. i.
p. 132), and has had issue,
William-Charles, b. 11th September, 1814, cornet in
the roval regiment of Horse Guards.
John-Rowland, b. 20th February, 1816.
Maximilian-Arthur, b. 26th May, 1817.
Henry-Osmond, b. 27th December, 18 1 9.
Frederick-Clayton, b. 3rd October, 1822, and d. 20th
May, 1829.
Charlotte-Eliza-Mary.
Mr. Nethercoat succeeded his father 18th February, 1800.
He is a magistrate, and deputy-lieutenant for the county
of Northampton, and served the office of high-sheriff in
1822.
Hincage.
John Nethercoat, esq. b. in 1708, pur-
chased estates in the parishes of Clipstone,
Sibbertoft, Oxendon, and Arthingworth,
and county of Northampton. He died 1 1th
September, 1784, and was succeeded by his
son,
Roger Nethercoat, esq. b. 10th May,
1751, who wedded Mary, daughter of John
Wright, esq. of Lubenh'am, in the county of
Leicester, and dying 18th February, 1800,
was s. by his only son, the present John
Nethercoat, esq. of Moulton Grange.
Arms — Party per pale or and arg. on a
chev. az. between three boars' heads sa.
three roundles.
Crest — A wolf's head.
Estates — In the parish of Moulton, North-
amptonshire, purchased a few years since
from Colonel Hatton, father of the present
Earl of Winchelsea; together with lands in
the parishes of Clipstone, Sibbertoft, Oxen-
don, and Arthingworth, acquired about a
century ago.
Seat — Moulton Grange, Northampton.
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SHUCKBURGH, OF DOWNTON HOUSE.
SHUCKBURGH, WILLIAM-PIGOTT, esq. of the Moot, alias Downton House,
in the county of Wilts, captain of the Wiltshire Militia, inherited the estates at the
demise of his father, 29th August, 1833.
Hmcagc.
Diana his wife, daughter of Sir Charles
Shuckburgh, second baronet,* and had a
son and successor,
The Rev. Charles -William Shick-
BURGH, of the Moot, alias Downton House,
rector of Goldhanger, in Essex, A.M. of
Oriel College, Oxford, a magistrate for the
counties of Wilts and Essex, who m. 16fh
July, 1798, Henrietta, daughter of John
Blake, esq. of Salisbury, and had issue,
\\ illiam-Pigott, his heir.
Robert, in holy orders, rector of Ald-
borough, Norfolk.
Charles- Verney, curate of Goldhanger,
Essex.
Walter, b. in 1814, lost two days after
his father's dead), in the wreck of the
East Indiaman, the Ann and Amelia,
which was cast away on the coast of
France, during the destructive gales
of 1833.
Henrietta, married in 1828, to William
Wrangham, son of General Collins.
Diana, in. in 1830, to the Rev. W. P.
Hop ton, vicar of Bishop's Frome,
Herefordshire.
Mariana, married, in 1827, to Richard
Brouncker, esq. of Boveridge, high
sheriff for Dorsetshire, in 1833.
Mr. Shuckburgh d. 2Uth August, 1833, aged
sixty-one, and was s. by his eldest son, the
present William Pigott Shuckburgh, esq.
of Downton House.
Arms — Sa. a chevron engrailed between
three mullets arg.
Crest — A blackamoor, couped at the waist
ppr. with a dart in his band or.
Motto — Haec manus ob patriam.
Estates — In Wilts.
Seat— The Moot. The mansion is situated
near the remains of a very ancient rampart
of earth, which forms, with the river Avon, a
semi-circle, enclosing an extraordinary hill.
This hill has been, from time immemorial,
called the Moot, and is believed to derive its
name from the Saxon, Wittenage mote, i. e.
seat of judgment. Gigantic steps cut into
its side, towards the river, present tiers of
grassy benches, rising one above the other,
diminishing in length at the top, and at the
foot curving round a spacious area bordered
by the river.
This is a branch of the ancient family of
Shuckburgh, of Shuckburgh, in the county
of Warwick.
Sir Richard Shuckburgh, a devoted ad-
herent to King Charles I. married thrice,
but had issue only by his last wife, Grace,
daughter of Sir Thomas Holte, bart. of As-
ton, in Warwickshire, six sons and three
daughters, of whom,
John (Sir), the eldest son, was created
a baronet, 26th June, L66Q. He
wedded Catharine, daughter of Sir
Hatton Farmer, knt. and was direct
lineal ancestor of the present
Sir Francis Shuckburgh, bart. of
Shuckburgh, (see Burke's Peer-
age and Baronetage).
Charles, the fourth son, founded the
family we are now treating of.
Grace, m. Sir John Barnard, bart. of
Brampton, in Huntingdonshire.
Elizabeth, m. Sir Edward Waldo, knt.
Sir Richard Shuckburgh died 13th June,
1656, aged sixty. His relict married, se-
condly, John Keating, esq. of Norraghmore,
in the county of Kildare, subsequently lord
chief justice of the common-pleas, and died
12th April, 1677. Sir Richard's fourth son,
Charles Shuckburgh, was father of
tRiCHARD Shuckburgh, of Bedford Street,
Covent Garden, who was s. by his son,
John Shuckburgh, of London, who m.
Miss Anne Salt, and left at his decease, in
1761, a son and successor,
John Shuckburgh, esq. of Downton, in
the county of Wilts, born in 1774. This
gentleman wedded Diana, daughter of the
Rev. Nicholas Webb, vicar of Downton, by
* Bv Sir Charles's second wife, Diana, daugh-
ter of Richard, Lord Willoughby de Broke.
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KELLY, OF KELLY.
KELLY, ARTHUR, esq. of Kelly, in the county of Devon, b. in 1804, m. 27th
October, 1829, Sophia, daughter of the late Robert
Maitland,* esq. formerly a merchant of the city of
London, and has issue,
Arthur, b. 6th September, 1830.
Juliana.
Mr. Kelly, a magistrate for Devonshire, inherited the
family estates at the decease of his grandfather, Colonel
Arthur Kelly, in 1 823.
Umcage.
This ancient and influential family has
been seated for centuries in the county of
Devon.
Sir — Kelly, of Kelly, in that shire,
living temp. Richard I. was father of
Sir William Kelly, of Kelly, knt. 36th
Henry III. who was s. by his son,
William Kelly, of Kelly, who flourished
in the reign of Edward I. He was s. by his
son,
John Kelly, of Kelly, father of
Sir John Kelly, knt. of Kelly, living
44th Edward III. whose son,
Thomas Kelly, of Kelly, espoused Eli-
zabeth, daughter and co-heir of William
Talbott, esq. of Talbott Wike, in the county
of Devon, and had a son,
Richard Kelly, of Kelly, which estate
he inherited at the decease of his elder bro-
ther, Nicholas. He wedded Jane, daughter
of Thomas Bratton, of Minehead, in the
county of Somerset, and had two sons, viz.
John, his heir.
Henry, living 32nd Henry VI. who
m. Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of
Richard Kimber, of Trewalward, in
the county of Cornwall, and founded
the family of Kelly, of Trecarrell.
The elder son,
John Kelly, of Kelly, m. Johanna, dau.
of Henry Fortescue, esq. of the county of
Devon, and was s. by his son,
Oliver Kelly, of Kelly, who m. Jane,
daughter of John Tremaine, of Collacombe,
in Devonshire, and had issue,
John, his heir.
Elizabeth, m. to Richard Pine.
Jane, m. to John Moore, of Moore, in
the county of Devon.
The son and heir,
John Kelly, esq. of Kelly, m. Dorothy,
daughter of Richard Wood, esq. of North-
tawton, in Devon, and had issue,
Oliver, his heir.
Henry, who m. Elizabeth White.
Anthony.
James.
Katherine, m. to William Bower, of
Barnswood, Devon.
Ann, m. to John Whitlock, of North-
tawton .
The eldest son,
Oliver Kelly, esq. of Kellyr, espoused
Margaret, daughter of Henry Dennis, of
Hall, in Devonshire, and had, with other
issue, a son and successor,
Thomas Kelly, esq. of Kelly, who m.
Blanche, daughter of William Harris, esq.
of Hayne, and had issue,
i. William, his heir.
II. Oliver.
III. Arthur, in holy orders, who m.
Maria, daughter of John Conock, esq.
of Treworgie, in Cornwall, and had a
son,
Francis, who succeeded to Kelly,
in 1689.
iv. Margery, m. to Arthur Kelly, esq.
of Moreland, in Devon.
v. Ann, m. to Matthew Scawen.
VI. Elizabeth, in. to John Furlong, esq.
of Tamerton.
* Of a family of Scottish descent, and, for the last three generations, settled in London as merchants.
Its present representative is Robert Maitland, esq. of the Temple, harrister-at-law.
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KELLY, OF KELLY.
vn. Grace,
vin. Maria.
ix. Blanch.
Thomas Kelly was s. by his eldest son,
William Kelly, esq. of Kelly, living in
1620, aged thirty-two, who to. Phillippa,
daughter of John Conock, esq. of Treworgie,
and had, with four daughters, two sons,
Thomas, b. in 1616, and
John Kelly, esq. of Kelly, who d. in
1689, and devised his estates to his first
cousin,
Francis Kelly, esq. who then became of
Kelly. He m. Joan, daughter of — Tucker,
esq. of Holdsworthy in Devon, and dying
in December, 1690, was buried at Kelly,
and left, with two daughters, Joan, m. 14th
September, 1693, to John Tillam, and Phi-
lippa, an only son and successor,
Arthur Kelly, esq. of Kelly, who es-
poused Susanna, daughter of William Han-
cock, esq. of St. Gennains, in Cornwall, and
by that lady (who was interred at Kelly,
21st January, 1747) had issue,
i. Arthur, his heir,
n. Grace, baptized 26th August, 1705,
married, 19th June, 1734, to Edward
Puckey, gentleman, of Liskard, Corn-
wall,
in. Phillippa, baptized 6th July, 1706,
m. to — Webbe, gentleman, of Salt-
ash,
iv. Susanna, baptized loth November,
1708, m. 23rd May, 1740, to George
Wormington Bewes, esq. of St.
Stephens, near Launceston.
v. Mary, baptized 2nd January, 1709,
m. to the Rev. William Kelly, vicar
of Brewerd, and d. in 1739.
Mr. Kelly d. 18th October, 1711, and was s.
by his only son,
Arthur Kelly, esq. of Kelly, who to.
Mary, daughter of V\ illiam Tucker, esq. of
Coriton, in the county of Devon, ami had
by her (who d. in 1781 ) six sons and two
daughters, viz.
I. Arthur, his heir.
n. William, baptized 10th May, 1745,
d. in infancy.
III. Francis-John, a captain in the 18th
or Royal Irish Regiment, baptized
12th May, 1749, TO. in 1782, Eliza-
beth, daughter of Thomas Oakeley,
esq. of Deal, in Kent.
iv. William-Hancock, an admiral of
the Blue, baptized 6th April, 1751.
V. Benedictus - Marwood, of Holds-
worthy, Devon, attorney -at-law, bap-
tized 12th August, 1752, m. Mary,
daughter of Thomas Coombe, gent, of
Holdsworthy, and had issue,
1. William, a commander R.N.
2. Benedictus - Marwood, captain
R.N.
3. Francis, of New Inn, London,
attorney-at-law.
4. Mary.
5. Another daughter.
vi. Thomas, of Burrington, in Devon-
shire, baptized 3rd September, 1760,
m. in 1783, Miss Viny, of Stoke, in
Cornwall,
vn. Susannah, baptized 3rd June, 1746,
d. 1769.
VIII. Mary.
Mr. Kelly d. in March, 1762, and was *. by
his eldest son,
Arthur Kelly, esq. of Kelly, colonel of
the South Devon militia, baptized 15th July,
1742. He espoused Dorothea-Juliana, dau.
of Edward Drewe, esq. of Exeter, by Do-
rothea-Juliana his wife, daughter and even-
tual co-h<'iress of the Right Hon. George
Treby, of Plyinpton, in the county of
Devon,* and had issue,
l. ARTHUR, baptized 15th June, 1773,
to. Mary, only child of John Godwin,
esq. of Portsmouth, banker, and
dying in the lifetime of his father,
left an only child,
Arthur, successor to his grand-
father.
ii. Edward a captain in the army, bap-
tized 26th January, 1779, m. Miss
Sarah Braddon, and had an only
child, Edward.
III. Man . ///. to the Rev. Edward Mors-
head, rector of Colstead, in Cornwall,
and of Kelly, in the county of Devon.
IV. Elizabeth".
v. Phillippa, m. to Thomas Sowdon,
esq.
vi. Susanna.
Colonel Kelly d. in 1823, and was s. by his
grandson, the present Arthur Kelly, esq.
of Kelly.
Arms — Arg. a chevron between three
billets gu.
Crest — Out of a ducal coronet gu. an os
trich's head arg. holding in the beak ahorse
shoe or.
Estates — In the parishes of Kelly, Dun-
leston, and Bradstone, in Devon, and at Le-
zant, in Cornwall ; the parish of Kelly has
been in the possession of the family time im-
memorial. The Kellys formerly held the
manors of Heavitree and Corriton, in De-
vonshire, and of St. Gennains, in Cornwall.
Seat — Kelly, Devon.
* By Charity, his wife, coheiress of Roger
Hele, esq. of Graton and Halwell, in Devonshire.
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VOWE, OF HALLATON.
VOWE, THOMAS, esq. of Hallaton, in the county of Leicester, b. 22nd March,
1792, m. 15th July, 1820, Sarah, only child and heiress of the late James Howes, esq.
of Thorington, near Colchester, in Essex, and has surviving issue,
I. Elizabeth-Catherine. II. Clara. ill. Anna.
Mr. Vowe succeeded his father in February, 1793.
UluCaut.
The family of Vowe is of great antiquity,
and has possessed the manor of Hallaton,
since the year 1401.
John Hackluit, espoused in the begin-
ing of the fourteenth century, Alice, daugh-
ter and heiress of Theobald Neville, and
grandaughter of Hasculphus Ne\ ille, whose
wife, Christiana, held the manor of Halla-
ton in 1275. By this marriage lie obtained
Hallaton, and had issue,
William, his heir.
Margaret, successor to her brother.
John Hackluit died in 1362, seised of one
messuage, one carucate of land, two marks
rent, and a certain meadow at Hallaton,
held of the heirs of Robert Peveril, by the
service of threepence a year, and a suit of
court at Hallaton, twice a week. His son,
William Hackluit, of Hallaton, died
without issue, and was s. by his sister,
Margaret Hackluit, who conveyed the
manor of Hallaton in marriage to William
Deixtre, servant to King Henry IV. when
Earl of Derby. The granddaughter and
heiress of this alliance,
Margerie Deixter, espoused first, in
1405, John Myton, and secondly, William
Vowe. She obtained temp. Henry IV. a
grant of the manor of Hallaton, and was
direct ancestor of
Leonard Vowe, esq. of Hallaton, who
espoused Dorothy, daughter of William
2.
Cotton, esq. and by her, wrho died 15th
June, 1666, aged eighty-three, left, at his
decease in March, 1645, a son and suc-
cessor,
Thomas Vowe, esq. of Hallaton, born in
1628, who m. Jane, daughter of the Rev.
Robert Dowley, rector of Elford, in Staf-
fordshire, and was s. at his death in 1691,
by his son,
Leonard Vowe, esq. of Hallaton, b. in
1664, who m. first, in 1690, Elizabeth,
daughter of the Rev. Edward Reynolds,
D.D. Archdeacon of Norfolk, and Rector
of Kingsthorpe, but by that lady, who died
the year after her marriage, he had no child.
He espoused secondly, Martha, eldest daugh-
ter and eventual heiress of Richard Butler,*
esq. of Preston Copes, in the county of
Northampton, lineal descendant of Sir
Robert de Boteler, cousin and cupbearer to
William the Conqueror, and had a son
and successor (at his decease in 1709),
Thomas Vowe, esq. of Hallaton, who m.
Martha, daughter of John Fenwick, esq.
and was s. in 1738, by his son,
Thomas Vowe, esq. of Hallaton. This
gentleman, an officer in the Enniskillen
Dragoons, carried the colours at the battle
of Minden, and, as his monumental in-
scription in the church of Hallaton attests,
" served his majesty with honour in that
glorious continental war, which reflects so
much lustre on the British arms, and which
was terminated by the peace of Paris in
1763." He espoused Elizabeth, eldest
daughter of John Smalley, esq. by Eliza-
beth, his wife, daughter of Sir Richard
Halford, bait, of Wiston, and cousin to the
last baronet of that name, Sir Charles Hal-
ford, whose widow, Lady Denbign, died in
1815. By this lady, who died 5th August,
1782, he had issue,
* Through this marriage the Vowes quarter the
golden cups in their armorial ensigns. Mr. Vowe
possesses all the old Butler family plate, with the
cups for crest and arms ; portraits of several of
the Butlers' adorn the Hall at Hallaton, and one
room in the house still continues fitted up with
the ancient tapestry used by the same family.
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FARQUHARSON, OF INVERCAULD.
Leonard, his heir.
Hungerford, a captain in the army.
Elizabeth, m. to the Rev. J. Gregory,
rector of St. Martin's, Leicester.
Mr. Vowe died 27th January, 1785, having
received a musket shot in the knee, and was
*. hy his son,
Leonard Vowe, esq. of Hallaton, who
mi. 11th October, 1788, Anna, daughter, of
Thoroton Pocklington, esq. of Kinoulton,
in the county of Nottingham, and died in
February, 1793, aged twenty-five years,
leaving a daughter, Elizabeth-Ann, wife of
the late John Sutton Webster, esq. of Not-
tingham, and a son, Thomas, the present
proprietor of Hallaton, and representative of
this ancient family.
Arms — Or, on a bend between two cottises
gu. three estoiles of six points, of the first,
Vowe, impaling az. a bend between six
covered cups or, for Butler.
Crest — A lion rampant gu.
Motto — Vows should be respected.
Estate — At Hallaton, in Leicestershire,
consisting of the manor of Hallaton, some-
times called Hackbut, granted by Henry
IV. to Margerie Deixie, wife of William
Vowe.
Seat — Manor House, Hallaton.
FARQUHARSON, OF IN\ KRCAULD.
FARQUHARSON, CATHERINE, of Invercauld, in the county of Aberdeen, inhe-
rited the estates and became chief of the clan*
upon the demise of her father, in 1 806. She
wedded, 16th June, 1798, Captain James
Ross, R.N. second son of Sir John Lock-
hart Ross, bait, of Balnagowan, by Elizabeth,
his wife, eldest daughter of President Dundas.
By Captain Ross, who took the name of
Farquharson, and died in 1810, the heiress
of Invercauld has had issue,.
1 LMES Farquharson, a magistrate and de-
puty lieutenant for Aberdeenshire, m. 30th
April, 1833, Janet Hamilton, eldest daugh-
ter of the late General Francis Dundas,
of Sanson, Berwickshire.
Amelia Farquharson, m. to Francis Grant,
esq. and died in HS'27.
Elizabeth Farquharson.
lineage. .
"The representative of this ancient family,"
saith Douglas, in the Baronage, " is the head
or chief of the powerful and numerous clan
Farquharson. They had large possessions
in the Braes of Mar, (the head of Aber-
deenshire) and the adjacent countries. They
also, like other great highland families, bad
their bards and senachies, who faithfully
handed down their brave actions ; and it is
agreed by all our historians, that they were
a race of valiant and warlike people, steady
in their loyalty to their king, and always
ready to fight in defence of the liberties of
their country." The house of Invercauld
derives its descent from
Shaw Mc Duff, (sprung from a younger
son of the potent Thanes of Fife) who had
a son called Farquhar, who settled in Mar,
in the reign of Robert II. (1371) and was
made bailie and chamberlain thereof: his
sons, as was customary in that early period,
obtaining the surname of Farquharsons,
sons of Farquhar, founded many opulent
and puissant houses in Scotland. The
eldest,
Donald Farquharson, wedded a daugh-
ter of Robertson, of Calvine, and had an
only son,
Farquhar Farquharson, who espoused
a daughter of Chisholm, of Straglash, and
had (with junior issue, which settled in the
braes of Angus, and founded several families
of Farquharson) a son and successor,
Donald Farquharson, who, in consider-
ation of the eminent services he had ren-
dered to the crown, obtained considerable
* The Farquharsons of Finzean also claim this honour.
FARQUHARSON, OF 1NVERCAULD.
99
additions to his inheritance. He m. a daugh-
ter of Duncan Stewart, of the family of
Mar, and had a son and heir,
Findla, commonly called Findla More,
from his gigantic size and great strength,
a man of daring courage and of a bold and
determined character. " His descendants
in the Highlands were called (according to
Douglas) Clan lanla, and the head of the
family Mack lanla, though, before this
period, they were called in the Gaelic
language, Clan Erachar, and most of the
branches were called Mackerachars, and
several of them still retain that name. In
like manner, some of the descendants of
Findla (settling in the low lands with the
designation of Mack lanla) had it after-
wards converted into the name of Findlay-
son." Findla m. first, Beatrix, daughter of
George Garden, of that Ilk, and had (with
three younger sons, who all acquired estates,
and founded, with many others, the house of
Farquharson, of Finzean,* now represented
by Archibald Farquharson, esq.) a son
and heir, Robert. He espoused secondly,
a daughter of the Baron Roy, of Kincardin
Stewart, and had other children, seated in
Perthshire. This gallant warrior was killed
at Pinkie, in 1547, bearing the royal ban-
ner, and was buried in the church yard of
Invercauld. He was s. by his son,
Robert Farquharson, of Invercauld,
who m. Marjory, daughter of John Reid, of
Straloch, and dying, temp. James VI. was
s. by his son,
John Farquharson, of Invercauld, who
left, by his first wife, a daughter of Barclay,
of Garthly, an only son,
Robert Farquharson, of Invercauld,
who wedded Margaret Erskine, of Pitodrie,
and was s. at his decease, in the reign of
Charles II. by his elder son,
Alexander Farquharson, of Inver-
cauld, who m. Isabella, daughter of William
Macintosh, of that Ilk, and had three sons,
viz.
William, his heir.
John, successor to his brother.
Alexander, of Monaltrie, who m. Anne,
daughter of Francis Farquharson, of
Finzean, and had (with three daugh-
ters) three sons,
1 . John, who m. Elizabeth Ogilvie,
of Clunie, and d. s. p.
2. Francis, m. Elizabeth, daughter
of Thomas Eyre, esq. of Hassan,
Derbyshire.
3. Robert, m. first, a daughter of
William Keith, esq. of Bruxie ;
and secondly, Anne, daughter of
William Baird, esq. of Auch-
medden, and had issue.
* The Finzean family call their ancestor, eldest
son of Findla.
The eldest son,
William Farquharson, esq. of Inver-
cauld, died unm. and was s. by his brother
John Farquharson, esq. of Invercauld'
who m. first, Isabella, daughter and co-heir
of Sir Alexander Burnet, hart, of Craig-
myllie, and had several children, who all d.
young. He m. secondly, Christian, daugh-
ter of Sir Robert Menzies, bart. of Weem,
and had one daughter, who d. unm. He
espoused thirdly, Margaret, daughter of
Lord James Murray, son of the Marquess
of Atliol, and had,
James, his heir.
John, who died young.
Anne, (the celebrated Lady Macintosh,
who assisted Prince Charles, in
1745, by heading her husband's clan;
m. to Eneas Macintosh, of Macintosh.
Margaret, d. unmarried.
The Laird of Invercauld married fourthly,
Jean Forbes, of Waterton, and had one son,
Robert, who died unm. and two daughters.
Mary, m. to Captain Oliver; and Fanny,
m. to — Donaldson, esq. He was s. at his
decease in 1750, by his son,
James Farquharson, esq. of Invercauld,
who espoused Amelia, daughter of Lord
James Murray, and relict of Lord Sinclair,
by whom he had four daughters, Amelia,
Fanny, Matilda, and Catherine, who all d.
unm. except the youngest. He died in
1806, and was s. by his only surviving
daughter, the present Catherine Farqu-
harson, of Invercauld.
Arms — Quarterly, first and fourth, or, a
lion rampant gu. armed and langued, as the
paternal coat of the name of Farquharson.
Second and third, arg. a fir tree growing
out of a mount in base, seeded, ppr. on a
chief gu. the banner of Scotland in bend
displayed ; a canton of the first charged
with a dexter hand couped at the wrist, in
fesse holding a dagger point downwards ppr.
The Fir Tree is borne from an ancient
custom of carrying twigs of fir as a badge
in the time of battle.
The Banner — is commemorative of the
death of Findla More, who fell at Pinkie,
bearing the royal standard.
The Hand and Dagger — in the canton,
records that another ancestor of the Farqu-
harsons slew the rebel Cuming, of Stra-
theogie.
Crest — A lion issuant, gu. holding a sword
in his dexter paw ppr. pomelled or.
Supporters — Two wild cats ppr.
Motto — Fide et fortitudine.
Estate — Invercauld, parish of Braemar,
Aberdeenshire, possessed since the reign of
Robert II.
Town Residence — 7, Charlotte Square,
Edinburgh.
Seat — Invercauld, Aberdeenshire ; and
Marlie, Perthshire.
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HUTCHINSON, OF WHITTON HOUSE.
HUTCHINSON, GEORGE, esq. of Whitton House, in the county of Durham,
b. 20th September, 1768, m. 16th May, 1793, Charlotte-
r^> Barbara, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Dawson,
£UvJ$ esq. of Tanfield, in the same shire, and has issue,
George-Thomas, b. loth March, 1794, m. in 1826,
Elizabeth, only daughter of Captain John Mercer, of
the East-India service.
Charles-Francis, b. 22nd July, 1796.
Charlotte, died young.
Catherine-Mary,;//, to Joze Luis Fernandes, grandson
and representative of the late Marquis of Tavora.
Mr. Hutchinson, a deputy-lieutonant for the palatinate,
succeeded his father 24th February, 1804.
Hfncaac.
The family of Hutchinson is supposed to
derive from UlTONENSIS, who came over
from Castle Cronenburg with Harold Har-
fager, and settled at (or near) Bishop Mid-
dleham, then a fortified place.
A family of Hutchinsons was settled at
Cowlam orCowland, in Yorkshire, about the
middle of the thirteenth century, and from
that descended Richard and John Hutchin-
son, who went to Ireland, and the celebrated
Colonel Hutchinson, the parliamentary
governor of Nottingham Castle.
Thomas Hutchinson, of Cornforth, in
Durham (son of Thomas Hutchinson and
— Allanson), espoused 18th January, 1579,
Janet Armstrong, and had issue,
i. Robert, b. 20th October, 1579, m.
3rd January, 1606, Agnes Morland,
and had (with a younger child,
Peter, who m. in 1653, Mary Johnson
Kells) a son and successor,
John Hutchinson, of Middleham,
b. in 1612, who m. 11th Sep-
tember, 1638, Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of the Rev. Thomas Bedford,
A.B. and had a son,
Thomas Hutchinson, who
wedded 15th April, 1673,
Elizabeth Lynn, and was s.
by his son,
Thomas Hutchinson, of
Cornforth, b. in 1674,
who m. Ann Hasswell,
and had issue,
. Thomas,/;, in 1702,
m. in 1727, Jaue
Surtees.
. William, /;. in
1705, m. in 1728,
Hannah Double-
day, of Butterhy,
and dying in 1777,
left a son,
William Hut-
chinson, the
historian of
Durham, b.
31st Decem-
ber, 1732, m.
30th Septem-
ber, 1758,
MissElizabeth
Marshall, de-
scended from
Sir Thomas de
Ogle, and dy-
ing 7th April,
1814, left is-
sue,
Robert -
Marshall,
b. in 1764.
Elizabeth -
Winifred.
Hannah.
Frances.
Mary.
HUTCHINSON, OF WHITTON HOUSE.
101
3. Elizabeth, b. in
1699, m. in 1719,
Bryan Roper, esq.
of Trimdon, and
had a son,
Robert Roper,
LL.D. chan-
cellor of the
diocese of
York, who m.
in 1734, Lady
Harriet Hay,
daughter of
George, 7th
Earl of Kin-
noul, but died
s. p.
II. Thomas, b. 26th December, 1585,
who in. in 1633, Eliz. Richardson,
and had a son,
Henry, who m. 8th May, 1677,
Mary Legge, and had issue.
III. Cuthbert, b. in 1590.
iv. Richard.
The fourth son,
Richard Hutchinson, esq. baptized 30th
April, 1592, espoused Agnes Meriall, and
left (with a daughter, Meriall, vi. in 1640,
to Cuthbert Speke) a son and successor,
William Hutchinson, esq. baptized 11th
March, 1620, who in. in 1648, Ann, daugh-
ter of Woodhouse, esq. of Brandon
House, and had issue,
I. Peter, b. in 1649, who m. in 1682,
Miss Anne Arrowsmith, and had,
witli other issue,
1. Humphrey, of Cornforth and
Humberknowle, in the county
of Durham, at whose decease
without issue, in 1750, the estate
and seat of Cornforth were sold
to Ralph Lambton, esq. of Lamb-
ton, who alienated them to the
Burrells, by whom they were
sold to Mr. Charles Garthorne.
2. Thomas, in holy orders, rector
of Horsham, DD. b. 17th May,
1698, editor of Xenophon's Cy-
ropedia and Anabasis.
ii. William, b. in 1656, who in. Miss
Margaret Woodhouse, and had a son,
William, b. in 1710.
in. Thomas, of whom presently,
iv. Mary,
v. Elizabeth.
The third son,
Thomas Hutchinson, esq. baptized 20th
April, 1661, purchased the estate of Whit-
ton. He in. 18th June, 1705, Sarah, daugh-
ter and co-heiress of Henry Law, esq. of
Billingham, and was s. by his son,
Henry Hutchinson, esq. of Whitton and
Bishopton, b. in 1706, who m. in 1728, Mary,
daughter of — Scurfield, esq. of Crimdon
House, and had issue,
George, his heir.
Thomas, of Bishopton, who m. in 1781,
Miss Mary Brown, of Welbourn, in
Lincolnshire, and had a son,
Thomas, of Stockton and Brunton,
who in. in 1809, Mary-Sarah,
daughter and co-heiress of John
Stuart, esq. and grand-daughter
of Thomas Dawson, esq. of Tan-
field, by whom he had four sons
and five daughters, viz.
1. Henry, b. in 1810.
2. Thomas, b. in 1811.
3. John- Alexander, b. in 1820.
4. George -Stuart-Dawson, b.
in 1826.
5. Mary.
6. Charlotte.
7. Susannah-Maria.
8. Agnes.
9. Emily.
Henry, of Stockton and Kirklevington,
who d. unra. 28th January, 1811,
aged seventy-seven.
John, of Penrith, Cumberland, who m.
Miss Mary Monkhouse, of the same
town, and had issue,
1. John, who in. first, Miss Eliza-
beth Wilkinson, of Penrith, and
had two daughters, Elizabetii
and Jane, who both d. unm. in
1827. He wedded, secondly,
in 1800, Elizabeth-Caroline, dau.
of Charles-Bathurst Sleigh, esq.
of Stockton and Arkendale, and
had, with other issue, a son,
George -William, who has
assumed the surname of
Sutton, and is the present
George -William Sutton,
esq. of Elton. (See that
family.)
2. Thomas, who m. his cousin, Miss
Mary Monkhouse.
3. Henry.
4. George.
5. Mary, in. to William Words-
worth, the poet.
6. Sarah.
7. Elizabeth.
8. Joanna.
The eldest son and heir,
George Hutchinson, esq. of Whitton
and Stockton, banker, espoused Catherine,
daughter of Francis Forster, esq. of Buston,
by Frances, his wife, daughter of Charles
Bathurst, esq. of Skutterskelf, M.P. for
Richmond, and had issue,
George, his heir.
Henry, b. 13th May, 1778.
Frances-Mary, who in. 15th July, 1800,
Charles Swain, esq. son of Mr. Al-
derman Samuel Swain, of Essex,
and has a son,
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MUSKETT, OF INTWOOD HALL.
George-Hutchinson Swain, b. 31st
May, 1801, m. Anne, eldest
daughter of Francis Dickson,
esq. of Harpham, in Yorkshire.
Mr. Hutchinson died 24th February, 1804,
aged seventy-four, and was 5. by his son,
the present George Hutchinson, esq. of
Whitton.
Arms — Party per pale gu. and az. semee
of cross crosslets and a lion rampant or.
Crest — Out of a ducal coronet a cock-
atrice az.
Motto — Nihil humani alienum.
Estates — In the county of Durham.
Seat — Whitton House, Durham.
MUSKETT, OF INTWOOD HALL.
\ O £& O /
MUSKETT, JOSEPH-SALSBURY, of Intwood Hall, in the county of Norfolk,
b. in 1784, inherited the estates at the decease of his father, in February, 1832, m.
Mary, only daughter of William Jary, esq. of Burlingham, in the same shire, and has
one daughter, Marian.
Hmcagt.
John Muskett, possessed landed pro-
perty in Brisingham and Fersfield. In the
latter he held a lease of forty-two acres of
pasture from the Duke of Norfolk, at the
yearly rent of three shillings and six-pence,
which land is now in the occupation of one
of his descendants. His son,
\\m;i.\\ Mi.ski.it, settled at Theltou, in
Norfolk, anno 1659, and adopting the sen-
timents of the Quakers, suffered much in
those persecuting times. He left four sons
and one daughter, viz. John, Andrew,
James, Charles, and Elizabeth. The«eldest
son,
John Muskett, resided at Newton-Floot-
man, in Norfolk, in 1748, and acquired a
considerable estate in Roydon and Tebin-
Iiam, but leaving a large family the pro-
perty was sold at his decease. He m. first,
Miss Hart, daughter of Mr. Charles Hart,
of Hapton Hall, and had one son, John.
and two daughters. He espoused, secondly,
Anne,* daughter of Mr. Ephraim Hey-
wood, of Diss, in Norfolk, and had further
issue, viz.
Joseph.
Ephraim.
Benjamin, of Rockland.
William.
Thomas.
Mary, m. to William Richardson, esq.
of Langbarf, in the county of York.
Sarah, m. to J. Whiting, esq. of Epsom.
This family resided and possessed lands
in the parish of Haughleigh, in Suffolk, in
the reigns of Henry VIII. Edward VI. and
Elizabeth, and a branch continued there
until the year 1774.
William Muskett, esq. who was living
at Haughleigh in 1565, purchased in 1598,
an estate in Rockland St. Peter's, called
" Ladie's Manor," having been the property
of Lady Bigod. He d. in 1619, and was s.
by his son,
Robert Muskett, esq. a warm adherent
of royalty during the troubles which cloud-
ed the time of Charles I. He was s. in
1630 by his son,
Simon Muskett, esq. who removed from
Haughleigh, and took up his abode at Bi-
singham, in Norfolk. The daughter of this
gentleman married Henry Bloomneld, esq.
of Fersfield, grandfather of the Rev. Francis
Bloomneld, of Fersfield and Billingford,
who wrote the History of Norfolk. His
son,
* This lady was maternally descended from the
Rev. Thomas Thurlow, rector of Wortham, in
Suffolk. She was first cousin to the Rev. T.
Thurlow, rector of Ashfield, in the same countv,
and of Thurston, in Norfolk, father of the Lord
Chancellor Thurlow
SMITH, OF ASPLEY HOUSE.
103
Rhoda, m. to — Hart, of East Grim-
stead, Essex.
The eldest son of the second marriage,
Joseph Muskett, of Easton, in Norfolk,
raised a large fortune by his indefatigable
industry as an agricultural and land agent,
and purchased considerable estates. In
1808, he bought from the trustees of Henry
Hobart, esq. the parish of Intwood ; the
manor and estate of Lord Rosbery, in
Plurostead Parva ; and the manor and
parish of Clipsby. He wedded Elizabeth,
dau. of Thomas Salsbury, esq. of Cheevely,
in the county of Cambridge, and left two
sons,
Joseph-Salsbury, now of Intwood.
Henry, of Clipsby, who m. Emily,
daughter of Thomas Grant, and has
issue, Henry, Emily, Julia, and
Clara.
Arms. — Arg. two bars gules, between six
lions' heads caboshed.
Crest — Out of a ducal coronet a demi-
antelope sa. ringed and chained or.
Estates — Intwood Parish, Plumsiead and
Manor Baber, Clipsby Parish and Manor,
all in Norfolk.
Seat — Intwood Hall, in the county of
Norfolk.
*$* This residence was inhabited in the
reign of Elizabeth by Sir Richard and Sir
Thomas Gresham, and the north front still
retains several memorials of that family. In
the spandrils of the arch of the entrance are
the Gresham arms, and the initials R. G.
appear in many parts. In 1549, Sir Thomas
Gresham entertained at Intwood Hall, Am-
brose Dudley, Earl of Warwick, in his
journey against the rebel Kett, the tanner.
SMITH, OF ASPLEY HOUSE.
SMITH, CHARLES-HERVEY, esq. of Aspley House, in the county of Bedford,
b. 7th October, 1783, m. Frances, daughter of — Dale,
esq. and has issue,
Charles-Hervey, of Exeter College, Oxford.
Villiers-Chernock.
Frances-Dale.
Maria.
Julia.
Emma.
This gentleman, a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for
Bedfordshire, succeeded his father in 1820. He is a
major in the army, and at present major of brigade at
Plymouth.
Umenge.
This family of Smith has been in posses-
sion of an estate, with the manorial rights,
in the county of Warwick, since the time of
Henry VII. and probably from a much
earlier period.
Edward Smith, M.D. a physician of re-
pute at Coventry, espoused Miss Lamb,
daughter and co-heiress of William Lamb,
esq. of Farndish, in the county of North-
ampton, and sister of Judith, lady of Sir
Edward Noel, bart. of Kirby Malory, who
became, in 1745, Baron Wentworth, and
was subsequently raised to a viscounty in
17G2. By the co-heiress of Lamb, Dr.
Smith had an only child.
The Rev. Edward Sawyer Smith, who
was presented to the living of Rodmartin,
in Gloucestershire, by his father. He es-
poused, in 1744, Diana, daughter and co-
heiress of Thomas, only brother of Richard
Orlebar, esq. of Hinwick House, in Bed-
fordshire, last male representative of the
senior branch of the Orlebars, of Pudding-
ton (see p. 247, vol. i.) and was s. at his de-
cease, in 1756, by his only son, (then about
ten years of age)
104
SMITH, OF ASPLEY HOUSE.
The Rev. Edward Orlebar Smith, of
Aspley House, who, entering into holy
orders as soon as he became of legal age,
was presented by his cousin, the last Lord
Wentworth, to the living of Bradenhani, in
Bucks, which he resigned upon obtaining
from his father-in-law the rectory of Hul-
cote, in the county of Bedford. He was
subsequently, at the demise of his wife's first
cousin, Thomas Willis, presented to Bletch-
ley, in Buckinghamshire. Mr. Smith es-
poused, in 1779, Charlotte, daughter and
co-heiress of the Rev. Edward Hervey, of
Chiltern House, Bucks, and of Aspley House,
in the county of Bedford, by Mary his wife,
dau. of the celebrated antiquary, BROWNE
Willis, of Whaddon Hall, Bucks, and had
issue,
Charles-Hervey, his heir.
Edward Orlebar, in holy orders, rector
of Hulcote, who wedded, in May,
1822, his cousin, Julia, youngest dau.
of the Rev. Thomas Willis, and sister
to John Willis Fleming, esq. of Stone-
ham Park, Hants. Mr. Orlebar Smith
is an acting magistrate for Bedford-
shire.
Boteler- Chernock, of Trinity Hall,
Cambridge, who m. in 1823, Sarah,
daughter of Dr. Whitby, M. L>. of
Warren House, near Ashbv-de-la-
Zouch, and has issue,
1. Boteler.
2. Chernock.
3. Charlotte*
4. Sarah.
5. Julia.
Charlotte-Hervey.
Jane-Maria.
Eliza-Diana.
Anna-Penelope.
Mr. Smith d. in 1820, and was s. by his
eldest son, the present Charles-Hervey
Smith, esq. of Aspley House.
FAMILIES OF CHERNOCKE AND
HERVEY.
The ancient and once wide spreading
family of Chernocke, the only remaining
representatives of which are the Smiths, of
Aspley, derive their descent from the Chek-
nockes, of Chernocke Hall, in Lancashire.
Robert Chernocke, esq. the first of the
northern house that settled in the county of
Bedford, married twice, and had issue by
both wives. He d. in 1547, and was buried
at Hulcote, where a monument is erected to
his memory, with the following inscription :
" Robert Chernocke, esquier, father of Rich-
ard Chernocke, esq. here enterred, did des-
cende of an anciente house, called Cher-
nocke Hall, in Lancashire, he had by two
wives, of Worshippefull parentage, ten
children, six by one, by the other four. He
was the first that planted this familye in this
countye ; he left his estate to his son, Rich-
ard, departing this life about sixty years of
age, anno Domini, 1547."
The eldest son,
Richard Chernocke, esq. m. first, Marv,
daughter of Sir George Puttenam, of Sher-
field, knt. and secondly, Audrey, daughter
of William Fordsham, of Elton, in the county
of Chester, by the former of whom onlv he
had issue. He rebuilt the parish church of
Hulcote, at his own expense, as well as his
mansion-house there ; was thrice high sheriff
of Bedfordshire in the 26th, 28th, and 43rd
of Elizabeth, and died 14th August, 1615,
aged eighty-four. He was s. by his eldest
son,
John Chernocke, esq. of Hulcote, who
espoused Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John
Arundell, knt. of Lanhern, in Cornwall, and
was s. at his decease, in 1641, by his eldest
son,
Sir Robert Chernocke, knt. of Hulcote.
This gentleman wedded Agnes, fourth dau.
of Oliver, third Lord St. John, of Bletsoe,
and died 26th July, 1670, having had five
sons, who all d. issueless, excepting Robert,
father of Francis Chernocke, esq. of Wedge-
nock Park, in Warwickshire, and the eldest
sun and successor,
Sir John CHERNOCKE, who was created a
BARONET \it;'i pat ris, 13th Charles II. He
in. \udrey, daughter of Sir William Yilliers,
hart, of Brookesby, in Leicestershire, eldest
brother to the first Duke of Buckingham,
by whom he left at his demise, in 1680,
aged sixty-one, an only son and heir,
Sir Yilliers Chernocke, bart. of Hul-
cote, who m. Ann, daughter of John Pynsent,
esq. of Comb, in Surrey, prothonotary of the
court of common-pleas, and had issue,
Pynsent (Sir), his heir.
St. John, T
Robert, [who d. unmarried.
Villiers, J
Diana, d. young.
Mary, m. first, to the Rev. Mr. Chey-
ney, rector of Perton Hall, and se-
condly, to Rev. John Littlejohn,
rector of Hulcote, and vicar of Sal-
ford.
Adria.
Elizabeth, d. unmarried.
Anne, in. to the Rev. Wm. Bunbury,
rector of Great Catworth.
Honour.
Sir Yilliers Chernocke, who represented the
county of Bedford, temp. James II. died in
November, 1694, and was s. by his son,
Sir Pynsent Chernocke, bart. of Hul-
cote, high sheriff for Bedfordshire, in 1703.
This gentleman, who was twice M.P. for
the county, and who appears to have con-
tested every election with the Russell family,
was compelled, by the expenses attendant
LAWSON, OF LONGHIRST.
105
thereon, to dispose of the estate of TingrifF,
now the seat of Rohert Trevor, esq. He es-
poused Helen, daughter and co-heir of Wil-
liam Boteler, esq. of Biddenham, by whom
he had issue,
I. Boteler, his heir.
II. Pynsent, who d. young.
Mi. Villiers, s. to his brother,
iv. Elizabeth, d. young.
v. Anne, d. unmarried.
vi. Helen, who in. Edward Hervey,
esq. of Chiltern, in Bucks, and had
two sons and a daughter, viz.
1. Edward Hervey, in holy or-
ders, of whom presently.
2. Pynsent, a captain in the navy,
d. s. p.
3. Helen, m. Rev. Joseph Bayle,
of Bishop's Waltham, Hants,
but has no issue.
VII. Penelope, m. first, to Robert Abbot,
esq. of Steppingly Park, in Bedford-
shire, and secondly, to Captain Her-
vey.
vin. Elizabeth, m. — Chauncey, esq,
of Little Court, near Buntingford,
Herts, but had no child.
Sir Pynsent died 2nd September, 1734, and
was s. by his eldest son,
Sir Boteler Chernocke, bart. of Hul-
cote, M.P. for Bedford in 1740, at whose
decease unmarried, the title and estates de-
volved upon his brother,
Sir Villiers Chernocke, bart. of Hul-
cote, who resided at Twyford, in Hants.
He wedded Miss Sophia Harris, but dying
without issue, the title expired, while the
Bedfordshire estates passed to his nephew,
The Rev. Edward Hervey, of Hulcote,
who espoused Mary, daughter of the cele-
brated Browne Willis, esq. of Whaddon
Hall, Bucks, by Catherine, his wife, only
child and heiress of Daniel Eliot, esq. of
Port Eliot, and had issue,
i. Charlotte, in. as before stated, to
the Rev. Orlebar Smith.
ii. Mary, d. s. p.
in. Eliza, d. s. p.
iv. Barbara, widow of the Rev. B.
Watkin, of Lockridge House, Wilts,
d. s. p. aged seventy-nine.
Mr. Hervey dying thus without male issue,
a part of the estates reverted to Mrs. Eliza-
beth Chauncey, only surviving daughter of
Sir Pynsent, who divided the property
among her great nieces, Barbara Hervey,
first cousin to the deceased Mr. Hervey,
and the four daughters of that gentleman.
Miss Barbara Hervey bequeathed her share
to William Montague, esq. The other por-
tions have already in part, and will doubt-
less in due course be entirely divided
among the children of Charlotte, the only
daughter of the Rev. Edward Hervey who
left issue.
Arms — Arg. three demi-savages between
nine cross crosslets sa. quartering the en-
signs of Hervey, Willis, Eliot, Orlebar,
Chernocke, Sec. &c.
Crest — A.n oak-tree ppr. with acorns of
gold ; and, as sole representative of the
Herveys, Major Smith has adopted the
crest of that family, viz. a lion rampant.
Motto — Non deficit alter.
Estates — In Warwickshire ; an estate at
Kile Hardwick and Morlaston, near Dun-
church, with manorial rights, in the posses-
sion of the family of Smith positively since
the reign of Henry VII. and probably
much earlier. At Stoke, near Coventry,
about two hundred years ; several houses in
the city of Coventry, all previously to the
death of Dr. Smith, and some much longer.
In Bedfordshire ; one-third of the manor
fishery and manor farms at Felmersham,
near Bedford, in right of Diana Orlebar.
Estates in Hulcote, Sulford, Ridgenorth,
and Aspley, at present enjoyed by Mrs.
Smith, widow of the Rev. E. O. Smith, as
representative of the ancient family of
Chernocke.
Seat — Aspley House, near Woburn.
LAWSON, OF LONGHIRST.
LAWSON, WILLIAM, esq. of Longhirst, in Northumberland, b. 21st January,
1775, m. 24th February, 1821, John-Hester, daughter of the late Mr. John Clark, of
Haddington, and has issue,
Willi am- John, b. 5th March, 1823. Edward, b. 10th September, 1824.
Susannah. Jane-Hester.
Louisa-Caroline.
This gentleman, a magistrate, and deputy-lieutenant for the county of Northumber-
land, inherited Longhirst upon the demise of his uncle, John Lawson, esq. 17th Sep-
tember, 1822, and Fieldhead and Hayclose at the death of another uncle, Edward
Lawson, esq. of Morpeth 12th September, 1826.
106
LAWSON, OF LONGHIRST.
Utncnar.
VV
This is a branch of the house of Lawson,
so long and so extensively spread over the
counties of Northumberland, Durham, York-
shire, and Cumberland.
Robert Lawson, of Longhirst, leaves
that estate, by will, dated 26th July. 1610,
to his eldest son, appointing Sir Ralph
Lawson, knt. and Thomas Ogle, of Esling-
ton, supervisors. He had issue,
i. Robert, his heir.
II. William,
in. Thomas, of Old Moor, who had
issue,
iv. Henry, a merchant and alderman
of Newcastle, and sheriff of that town
in 1636. He married and had issue.
The eldest son,
Robert Lawson, of Longhirst, whose
will bears date 1632, wedded a lady named
Margaret, and had two sons and three
daughters, viz.
William, his heir.
Roger, of Newcastle, who by his will,
dated 1632, directs his body to be
buried in the church of St. Nicholas,
there.
Catherine, m. first, to Anthony Sothe-
nne, and secondly, to Robert Pres-
ton.
Jane, in. to William Dawson, of Ca-
morse.
Isabel.
Mr. Lawson was s. by his elder son,
William Lawson, esq. of Longhirst, who
purchased 23rd February, 1652, of the Rev.
John Thompson, of Pegsworth, and Cathe-
rine, his wife, two farm holds in Old Moor.
He wi. Margaret , and by her, who es-
poused secondly, Anthony Mitford, esq. he
had issue,
Thomas, who had a legacy of £200 by
his uncle Roger's will.
John.
Elizabeth and Isabel, both living unm.
in 1651.
The second son,
John Lawson, esq. of Longhirst, resided
on his estate of Old Moor, in the parish of
Bothal, and county of Northumberland.
He wedded, 4th December, 1679, Barbara,
daughter of Edward Cook, esq. of Amble
New Hall, progenitor of the Cooks of New-
ton, and had issue,
I. William, his heir.
ii. Edward, b. 6th March, 1686.
ill. John, b. 16th May, 1691, who had
by his father's will, dated 30th March,
1731, the lands of Old Moor. He
had, with a daughter, Anne, an only
son,
John, who sold Old Moor, in 1828,
to A. J. Cresswell Baker, esq.
IV. Margaret, b. in 1682, who m. Mr.
Henry Atkinson, and had a daughter,
Jane Atkinson, />. in 1709, who
wedded William Scott, mer-
chant of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
and dying in 1800, left issue,
Wni i am Scott, created in
1821, Baron Stow ell, of
Stowell Park.
Henry Scott, whose only
(laughter, Mary, wedded
Joseph Forster, esq.
John Scott, created in 1821.
Earl of Eldon.
Barbara Scott.
Jane Scott, m. to Sir Thomas
Burdon, knt. and died 8th
May, 1822.
v. Jane, b. in 1688, in. in 1713, to
Ralph Watson, of North Seaton.
vi. Mary, b. in 1693, m. in 1723, Mr.
George Barker, of Weleslade, and
had, inter alios, a son and dau. viz.
John Barker, D. D. Master of
Christ Church College, Cam-
bridge, who m. Hannah, relict
of Thomas Dockwray, D.D. and
daughter of Robert Ellison, esq.
of Otterburn.
Elizabeth Barker, m. to Samuel
Cook, esq. of Newton, on the
Moor.
VII. Barbara, J b h died unmarried#
vm. Elizabeth, J
IX. Sarah, m. in 1741, to Rev. John
Walton.
The eldest son,
William Lawson, esq. of Longhirst, b.
21st May, 1684, wedded 29th December,
1722, Ann, daughter of Robert Carnaby,
esq. of Fulwell, in Durham, and had issue,
John, his heir.
ARCHDALE, OF CASTLE ARCHDALE.
107
William, b. 11th April, 1739, m. in
1773, Miss Jane Smith, of Togston,
and d. in 1804, leaving issue,
William, heir to his uncle, and
now " of Longhirst."
Frances, m. to John Watson, of
Willington, Colliery viewer.
Robert, b. 12th August, 1742, and d.
unm. August, 1814.
Edward, of Morpeth, attorney-at-law,
b. 17th December, 1744, and d. 12th
September, 1826, when the Field-
head and Haydon estate devolved on
his nephew, the present William
Lawson, esq. and of Longhirst.
Dorothy, m. to — Cook, esq. of New-
ton.
Barbara, d. unm.
Margaret, b. in 1727, m. William Te-
wart, esq. of Monkwearmouth, and
had two sons, John Tewart, of Glan-
ton and Swinhoe, and Edward Te-
wart, of London. She d. 1826.
Anne, d. unm. in 1812.
Jane, d. unm. in 1742.
Elizabeth, d. unm. in 1818.
Mr. Lawson died 1st March, 1769, and was
s. by his eldest son,
John Lawson, esq. of Longhirst, b. 31st
December, 1731, who died unmarried, 17th
September, 1822, and was s. by his nephew,
the present William Lawson, esq. of Long-
hirst.
Arms — Ar. a cliev. between three mart-
lets sa.
Crest — Two arms embowed, couped at
the elbow, vested erm. cuflf arg. supporting
in the hands ppr. the sun in splendour,
gold.
Estates — Longhirst, in the parish of
Bothal, possessed by the family at least
200 years. Fieldhead and Hayclose, in-
herited from the present proprietor's uncle,
who bought those estates about the year
1792, from Lord Carlisle. Hazon and
Hartlaw, purchased from Charles Bacon,
esq. of Styford, &c.
Seat — Longhirst, Morpeth.
ARCHDALE, OF CASTLE ARCHDALE.
ARCHDALE, MERVYN, esq. of Castle Archdale, in the county of Fermanagh, and
of Trillic, in Tyrone, member of parliament for the former
shire, which he now represents for the eleventh time, his
family having preceded him for more than a centuiy, a
general officer in the army, lieutenant-governor of the
Isle of Wight, &c. o. in April, 1763, m. in December,
1805, Jane, daughter of Gustavus Rochfort,* esq. of
Rochfort, in the county of Westmeath, M. P. for that
county, which the family of Rochfort represented for 150
years.
General Archdale, who represents the families of Arch-
dale and Mervyn, and claims the representation of the
Mount Alexander line of that of Montgomery, succeeded
his father in 1813. He has been exempted from serving
the office of sheriff, by pleading his military rank.
Htneagr.
The first of the family of Archdale, who
settled in Ireland temp. Elizabeth, was
John Archdale, esq. of Norsom, or
Norton Hall, in the county of Norfolk.
This gentleman, by the following inscrip-
tion still extant over the gateway in the
ruins, appears to have erected the old man-
sion-house of Archdale :■■ —
" Data — Fata — Secutus
Iohannes Archdale,
Hoc Edificium struxit, anno
Milessimo, sexingentessimo, decimo
quinto."
He m. and had two sons, viz.
i. Edward, his heir.
ii. John, vicar of Luske in 1664, who
* The elder branch of the Rochforts was elevated to the peerage in the earldom of Belvedere, but
the line and honors expired with the late earl.
108
ARCHDALE, OF CASTLE ARCHDALE.
m. a daughter of — Donellan, esq.
of Croghan, in the county of Ros-
common, and had an only son,
John, vicar of Luske from 1679
to 1690, in which latter year he
lost his life. He wedded Eliza-
heth, daughter and heir of John
Bernard, esq. of Drumin, and
by her (who m. secondly, the
Rev. Thomas King, prebendary
of Swords) had a daughter,
Frances, and three sons, viz.
1. John, of Drumin, who d. in
1703, leaving a posthumous
son, who d. unm.
2. William, of Dublin, who
m. Henrietta, daughter of
the Rev. Henry Gonne, and
had (with three daughters,
the eldest m. to William
Preston, esq.) two sons,
MERVYN, rector of Slane,
b. in 1723, author of
the Monasticon Hiber-
nicum, and editor of
Lodge's Peerage.
Henr\ .
3. Bernard.
John Archdale d. in 1621, and was s. by his
son,
Edward Archdale, esq. who espoused
Angel, daughter of Sir Paul Gore (an-
cestor of the Gores, Earls of Ross, &c), and
had issue. During his time the castle*
which his father had erected was taken and
burned by the rebels under Sir Phelim
O'Neil, in October, 1641, and but two
children of a numerous family survived.
One, a daughter, who was absent and
married; the other, an infant son, WIL-
LIAM, preserved by the fidelity of his Dorse,
an Irish Roman Catholic, which
William Archdale, esq. after succeeding
to the estates, in. Elizabeth, daughter of
Henry Mervyn, esq. of Omagh Castle and
Trillic, both in the county of Tyrone, and
had two sons and a daughter, viz.
I. Mervyn, his heir.
n. Edward, heir to his brother.
hi. Angel.
He was s. by his elder son,
Mervyn Archdale, esq. of Castle Arch-
dale, who d. unm. 27th December, 1726,
and was s. by his brother,
Edward Archdale, esq. of Castle Arch-
dale. This gentleman wedded first, Frances,
eldest daughter of Sir John Caldwell, hart,
and secondly, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of
John Cole, esq. of Florence Court, but
dying without issue, before 1730, the estates
devolved on his only sister,
* It is presumed that the earlier records of the
family were consumed in this castle.
Angel Archdale, who thus became heir-
ess and representative of the family. She
espoused Nicholas Montgomery, esq. of
Derry Gonnelly, in the county of Ferma-
nagh, M.P. for that shire, who assumed the
surname and arms of Archdale, and left
at her decease, about 1742. or 1743, an onjy
son,
Mervyn Archdale, esq. of Castle Arch-
dale and Trillic, M.P. for the county of
Fermanagh, who espoused in 1762, the
Honourable Mary Dawson, daughter of
William-Henry, Viscount Carlow, and sister
of John, first Earl of Portarlington, by
whom he had issue,
i. Mervyn, his heir.
II. William, late lieutenant-colonel of
the Fourth or King's Own Infantry,
m. Martha, daughter of — Clarke,
esq. of the county of Somerset,
in. Edward, m. Matilda, daughter of
William Humphrys, esq. of Bally-
haise House, in the county of Cavan,
and has, with four daughters, nine
sons,
1. Mervyn - Edward, l>. in Ja-
nuary, 1812, (in remainder) a
cornet in the Enniskillen dra-
goons.
2. \\ illiam-IIumphrys.
3. Edward.
4. Henry-Montgomery.
5. Nicholas-Montgomery
6. John.
7. Hugh-Montgomery.
8. Audley-Mervyn.
9. James-Mervyn.
lv. Henry, late captain 6th Dragoon
Guards, in. Jane, daughter of Philip
Doyne, esq.
v. Mary, >n. to the Right Hon. Sir
John Stewart, hart. M. P. for the
county of Tyrone.
vi. Angel, m. to John Richardson, esq.
of Rosfad House, in the county of
Fermanagh.
VII. Elizabeth, m. to Dacre Hamilton,
esq. of Cornacassa, in the county of
Monaghan.
VIII. Sidney, m. to Robert Hamilton,
esq. of the city of Dublin.
Mr. Archdale died in 1813, and was s. by
his eldest son, the present General Arch-
dale, of Castle Archdale.
Drsrcnt of the ftlrrbBn=3rrf)lJaIcs, of Castle
&rrl)tiale, from the fHontgomerics
ano Dunbars.
A branch of the noble family of Mont-
gomerie, Earls of Eglintoun, in Scotland,
emigrated to Ireland with their kinsman,
the Lord Mount Alexander (to the sale of
whose estates by the last lord, Nicholas
ARCHDAI/E, OF CASTLE ARCHDALE.
109
Montgomery-Archdale, as in remainder,
was obliged to assent), and became repre-
sentative of that of Dunbar by intermar-
riage with an heiress.
Sir John Dunbar, knight-banneret, of
Dunbar, in the county of Fermanagh, by
grant from King James I. anno 1616, ori-
ginally of Scotland, married Mary-Kathe-
rine, sister of Gustavus Adolphus, of
Sweden, in whose army he bore a distin-
guished rank, and had a son,
James Dunbar, esq. of Derrygonelly,
who wedded , daughter of — Weldon,
esq. and was s. by his only son,
Richard Dunbar, esq. of Derrygonelly,
who espoused Katherine, Lady Hamilton,
and left an only daughter and heiress,
Katherine Dunbar, who m. Hugh
Montgomery, esq. and conveyed to him
the greater part of the estates of the Dun-
bars, including Derrygonelly, &c. which
are now in possession of General Arch-
dale. They had
Nicholas Montgomery, who married
first, as already stated, the heiress of
Archdale, and assumed the name
and arms of her family. He wedded
secondly, Sarah, daughter of —
Spurling, esq. of London, and had
several children. He d. in 1760.
Hugh Montgomery, ancestor of Hugh
Montgomery, esq. of Blessingburn
Lodge, in the county of Tyrone, lieu-
tenant-colonel of the Fermanagh mi-
litia.
descent of ffjc jBrrbetuarrfjlialrs, of ©astir
Srrfj&alc, from tfje jttrrbgns.
The family of Mervyn, originally from
Wales, was seised of Fonthill, in the county
of Wilts, during the reign of Edward IV.
(See vol. i. p. 682.)
Lucy Mervyn, daughter of Sir John
Mervyn, of Fonthill, espoused George,
Lord Audley, created Earl of Castle-
haven, in the peerage of Ireland, by King
James I. and her youngest daughter,
Lady Christi ana Touchet, marrying her
maternal relative, Sir Henry Mervyn,
knt. her son,
Sir Audley Mervyn, went over to Ire-
land, and had a command in the English
army in conjunction with his kinsman, the
Earl of Castlehaven, during the civil wars
in that kingdom, A.D. 1641 and 1642. He
was governor of Londonderry, and member
of parliament for the county of Tyrone,
which his representatives continued to re-
present until the extinction of the male line.
In the year 1661 he was chosen speaker of
the Irish House of Commons ; and on the
attainder of his cousin, James, third Earl
of Castlehaven, came into possession of that
nobleman's great estates in the county of
Tyrone, including the manors of Stowey,
Touchet, ike. &c. which manors, with the
remainder of the estates and the name and
representation of the family, are now vested
in General Mervyn Archdale by the inter-
marriage of his great-grandfather, William
Archdale, esq. and Elizabeth, daughter of
Henry Mervyn, esq. of Omagh Castle and
Trillic (whose remaining daughter wedded
the ancestor of the present Irvines, of Castle
Irvine, in the county of Fermanagh), as
also under the will of Henry, last heir male
of that family.
Arms — Quarterly; First and Fourth
for Archdale, az. between three talbots or,
a chevron erm. ; Second, for Montgomery,
quarterly, az. and gu. in the 1st and 4th,
three fleurs-de-lys or, in the 2nd and 3rd,
three annulets of the last; Third, for
Mervyn, party per pale or and arg. three
lions passant guardant sa.
Crests — Archdale. Out of a ducal coro-
net, an heraldic tiger's head ppr. Mont-
gomery. On a cap of maintenance ppr. a
hand vested az. grasping a sword ppr. pomel
and hilt gold. Mervyn. A squirrel segreant
ppr.
Mottoes — Archdale. Data fata secutus.
Montgomery. Honneur sans repos. Mer-
vyn. De Dieu tout.
Estates — Four manors in the county of
Fermanagh, from the families of Archdale
and Montgomery, all by patent in the
reign of James I. ; and three manors in
Tyrone from the family.of Mervyn, created
in the eighth year of the same reign.
Town Residence— Kildare Place, Dublin.
Seats — Castle Archdale, in the county of
Fermanagh, and Trillic, in the county of
Tyrone.
* *
The family name of Archdale has
been for many years past spelt Achdall;
but in the inscription on the old castle and
in Pynner's Survey, as well as in the patent
royal granting the estates and other docu-
ments, it is invariably written Archdale.
FONNEREAU, OF CHRIST CHURCH.
FONNEREAU, The Reverend CHARLES-WILLIAM, of Christ Church Park, in
the county of Suffolk, b. in 1764, m. Harriette-Deborah,
eldest daughter of Thoma3 Neale, esq. of Freston Tower,
and has issue,
WiLLiAM-Charles, b. in 1804, to. in 1832, Kate-Geor-
giana, daughter of John Cobbold, esq. of The Cliff",
Ipswich.
Harriette, m. in 1827, (see vol. i. p. 183) to Charles,
second son of Abraham Spooner-Lillingston, esq. of
Elmdon, in the county of Warwick, and has one son
and two daughters.
Mr. Fonnereau served some time in His Majesty's navy,
during the first American war, and was lieutenant of the
Conqueror under Admiral Rodney, in the action on the
12th April, 1782. He retired afterwards, and entered
into holy orders. He inherited Christchurch at the de-
cease of his father in 1817.
IlincnQC.
This family of Fonnereau, originally of
noble descent, and presumed to have been
a branch of the Earls of Ivry, of Poictiers,
in Normandy, was founded in Kngland by
Zachary Fonnereau, who fled from the
city of La Rochelle, at the revocation of the
•diet of Nantes, and settled in London. His
eldest son,
Clause Fonnereau, esq. purchased, in
1732, the manors of Christ Church, and
Wicksnfford, in Suffolk, of Viscount Here-
ford, together with a large estate at Edmon-
ton, and the borough of Sudbury, and the
borough of Aldborough, for which three of
his sons sat in several successive parlia-
ments. Claude was s. by bis eldest son,
Thomas Fonnereau, esq. of Christ
Church, at whose decease, without issue,
the estates devolved upon his next brother,
The Rev. Dr. Claudius Fonnereau, of
Christ Church, born in 1700, who wedded
in 1725, Ann, daughter and co-heiress of
the Rev. William Banbury, rector of Cat-
worth, in the county of Huntingdon, (grand-
son of Henry Bunbury, esq. of Bunbury and
Staney, who suffered such great hardships
for his unshaken loyalty to Charles I.) by
Anne, his wife, daughter of Sir Villiers
Chernocke, bart. of Hulcote. By this ladv
Dr. Fonnereau acquired some of the old
Bunbury property in Cheshire, and had
twelve children, all of whom died in youth,
or without issue, excepting Ann, m. to Sir
Booth Williams, bart. of Clapton, in North-
amptonshire, and
Rev. William Fonnereau, of Christ
Church, the eldest son and heir, who es-
poused, in 1758, Anne, only daughter and
eventually (her brothers dying s. p.) heiress
of Sir Hutchins Williams, bart. of Clapton,
in Northamptonshire, of the Friars, Chi-
chester, of North Hall, Herts, &c. &c. Mrs.
Fonnereau did not inherit the bulk of the
landed property of her father, which passed,
l>\ entail, to her cousin. Admiral Piere
Williams, since Freeman, of Fawley Court,
Oxfordshire, but succeeded to the Friars, at
Chichester, the most ancient of the family
possessions, and, in right of her mother, who
was B Miss Booth, an heiress of the Booths
of Dunham Massey ; she bore their arms,
as w ell as those of Mountfort and Clinton.
Mr. Fonnereau had issue,
Claude-Williams, in holy orders, rec-
tor of Clapton, in Northamptonshire,
b. in 1761, who s. his mother at the
Friars, at Chichester. He is married,
but has no issue.
Charles-William, who inherited Christ
Church, and is its present possessor.
Harriette-Louisa-Ann, to. to Frederick
Cornwallis, lieutenant-colonel of the
33rd regiment, cousin to the first
Marquis of Cornwallis.
Mary-Anne, d. unmarried.
Mr. Fonnereau, who inherited, in 1804, d.
in 1817, and was s. by his second son, the
present
Rev. Charles-William Fonnereau, of
Christ Church Park.
Arms — Quarterly ; first and fourth, gu.
three chevronels arg. on a chief az. a sun
in splendour or. Second and third, quar-
terly, first and fourth, gu. a wolf issuing
out of a rock from the sinister side of the
escutcheon, all arg. ; second and third, az.
three boars' heads couped arg.
Crest — A sun in splendour or.
Estates — In Suffolk.
Seat — Christ Church Park.
Ill
NEWMAN, OF THORNBURY PARK.
NEWMAN, HENRY-WENMAN, esq. of Thornbury Park, in the county of Glou-
cester, b. 1st June, 1788, inherited the estates at the demise of his father, 29th Sep-
tember, 1829. This gentleman is a magistrate, and deputy-lieutenant for the county
of Gloucester. He is likewise a captain in the Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry
Militia.
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By a certificate under the hand of Humph-
rey Newman, of Wincanton, gentleman, it
appears that at the dissolution of monasteries
the Newmans were lessees under the Abbot
of St. Augustin; Bristol, of the manors and
demesnes of Fifehead Magdalen, Dorset,
and that there were three distinct branches
of the family seated at Queen's Camel, Win-
canton, and other places in Somersetshire.
The Newmans are of kin to the founders of
Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Robert Newman, who lived and died at
Fifehead Farm, and was buried in the chan-
cel there, as mentioned in Ids will, dated
1556, espoused a lady named Alice, and
had issue,
I. Robert, of Fifeild, in the county of
Dorset, who m. and had one son and
two daughters, viz.
Geoffrey, of Fifeild, who m. the
sister of Sir William Webb, of
Payns Place, in the county of
Dorset, but d. s. p.
Elizabeth, in. first, to John Joyliffe,
and secondly, to William Car-
rant, esq.
Christian, m. to Richard Esmond,
esq. of Fifeild.
II. Richard, of Cherton Mesgrove, in
the county of Somerset, father of
Richard, of Quenes Camel, in So-
mersetshire, who m. Agatha,
daughter of Humphrey Pole, of
Pattonbordugh, and had a son,
Humphrey, of Wincanton, in
Somersetshire, m. Dorothy,
dau. of Sir Thomas Phillips,
knt. of Barrington, and had
four sons and four daugh-
ters, viz.
1. Thomas.
2. Richard.
3. Humphrey.
4. James.
5. Elizabeth.
6. Dorothy.
7. Joane.
8. Agatha.
in. Henry.
iv. Thomas, of whom presently.
The youngest son,
Thomas Newman, esq. of Fifeild, in the
county of Dorset, was s. by his son,
Thomas Newman, esq. who m- Ellen, dau.
of Richard Mayo, and had issue,
i. Richard, his heir.
ii. Thomas, who m. Joan, daughter of
Edward Bayly, esq. of Hinton St.
George,
in. John, who in. Margaret, daughter
of — Conquest, esq. of Houghton
Conquest in the county of Bedford,
and had two daughters, viz.
Margaret, m. to Master Croote.
Susan, in. to Mr. Minde.
iv. Robert.
v. Frances, in. to Toby Hort.
vi. Mary, m. to Nicholas Clarke, of
Fifeild.
Thomas Newman d. 21st October, 1649,
and was s. by his eldest son,
Richard Newman, esq. who in. first, Eli-
zabeth, daughter of Giles Symonds, esq. by
Anne his wife, sister of Sir John Browne, of
Frampton, and had an only daughter, Anne,
the wife of Robert White, esq. of the county
of Dorset. He wedded, secondly, Eliza-
beth, daughter and co-heir of Christopher
Perry, esq. of Kenn, in Somersetshire, by
Elinor his wife, sister of Sir William Guise,
knt. of Elinor, in the county of Gloucester,
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NEWMAN, OF THORNBURY-PARK.
and left at his decease,* 10th July, 1664,
(with another son, Thomas, who d. s. p. and
a daughter, Jane, wife of Robert Cox, esq.
of Dorsetshire) a son and successor,
Richard Newman, esq. who espoused
Anne, eldest daughter of Sir Charles Har-
bord, surveyor general to Kings Charles I.
and II., and had (with other children who
d. unmarried)
Richard, his heir.
Francis-Holies, of North Cadbury, in
Somersetshire, b. 8th January, 1671,
to. Ellinor, daughter of Thomas Mon-
pesson, esq. of Brewham.
Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Warre, esq. of
Swell, in Somersetshire.
Anne-Christian, married to Sir William
Honeywood, bait, of Evington.
Mr. Newman d. 24th September, 1695, and
was interred on the 16th of the following
October, in the vault at Fifehead. He was
s. by his eldest son,
Richard Newman, esq. of Evercreech
Park, in the county of Somerset. This gen-
tleman wedded, in 1675, Grace, daughter
and co-heir of Henry Edmonds, esq. of
Preston Hall, in Northamptonshire, by Ann
his wife, daughter of Sir Richard Shuck-
burgh, bart. of Shuckburgh, in the county
of Warwick, and had issue,
Richard (Sir), his heir.
Cavendish, ) .
Henry, \ (L »' P"
Anne, who to. Ashburnham Toll, esq.
of Graywell, in Hams, and had issue.
i. Edmund Toll, who died in 1774,
leaving one son, Ashburnham,
who d. unm. 5th January, 1800,
and two daughters, Mary, m. to
John Bulley, of Reading, sur-
geon, and Jane. m. to John Al-
dridge, of Lincoln's-inn, gent.
II. Ashburnham Toll, of Preston
Deanery, in the county of North-
ampton, attorney-at-law , who w.
Mary, dau. of lieutenant-colonel
Geary, of the 10th Dragoons, and
d. 25th May, 1771, leaving issue,
1. Charles, of Preston Dean-
ery, b. 2nd April, 1739, who
assumed by sign manual, 8th
Sept. 1775, the surname and
arms of Newman. He m.
1765, Hester, dau. of John
Langham, esq. of Cottes-
broke, and had issue,
James, b. in 1767, w. Miss
Anne Brace, dau. of —
Brace, esq. of Hereford-
shire. This gentleman,
captain of His Majesty's
ship Hero, 74 guns, was
* He was buried at Fifehead, where a monu-
ment is erected to his memory.
lost with all his crew,
24th December, 1811,
off the Dutch coast, near
the Texel.
Charles, a surgeon R.N.
Frances.
Maria, to. 1812, to James
Payne, esq. of Hard-
ingstone, Northamp-
tonshire.
2. Ashbirnham- Philip, of
whom presently.
3. Richard-Newman, heir to
his brother.
4. Anne, of Milton, died 19th
Sept. 1824, aged seventy-six,
and buried in Thoriibury
church, unmarried.
5. Mary, m. to — Pitman, esq.
of Odyham, attorney-at-law.
III. Charles 'Toll.
iv. Frederick Toll, father of John,
of Kings Clear, in holy orders,
who m. but had no issue.
Mr. Newman d. in June, 1682, aged thirty-
two, and was .v. by his eldest son.
Sir Richard New m in, of Fifehead, Ever-
creech Park, and Preston Hall, who was
created a baronet 19th September, 1699.
He espoused Frances, daughter and co-heir
of Sir Thomas Samwell, bart. of Upton,
Northamptonshire, (see p. 441, vol. i.) and
had issue,
Samwell, his heir.
Frances, Bnccessor to her brother.
Barbara, who d. unmarried, will dated
1 Ith July, 1757, proved at London,
24th January, 1703, her sister, Fran-
ces, sole executrix.
Elizabeth, who died unmarried.
Sir Richard d. 30th December, 1721, aged
forty-five, and was buried at Fifehead. He
was s. I>\ bis son,
Sir Samwell Newman, second baronet, of
Fifehead, Evercreech Park, and Preston
Hall, who d. unmarried, in 1747, when the
baronetcy expired, but the estates devolved
upon his sister,
Frances Newman, at whose decease, also
unmarried, 25th August, 1775, they des-
cended to her cousins, Charles Toll, of
Preston Deanery, and his brother,
The Rev. Ashbirnham-Philip Toll, of
Thornbury Park (refer to issue of Anne,
daughter of Richard Newman and Grace
Edmonds). This gentleman, a prebend of
York, b. 31st December, 1743, assumed by
sign manual, 15th December, 1775, the sur-
name and arms of New man. He to. in De-
cember, 1773, Mary, daughter of Paul
Mowbray, esq. of London, and relict of
Captain Alexander Wood, but dying s. p.
16th March, 1802, was succeeded by his
next brother,
Richard Newman Toll, M.D. of Thorn-
bury Park, in the county of Gloucester, and
FAIRFAX, OF GILLING CASTLE.
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of Hamilton, in Lanarkshire, />. 8th Novem-
ber, 1752, who assumed, by sign manual in
180*2, the surname and arms of Newman.
He wedded 16th June, 1777, Giizel, daugh-
ter of James Pardy, esq. of Hamilton, and
had issue,
Henry-Wenman, his heir.
Ashburnham - Cecil, b. 1st October,
1796, emigrated to Canada, in 1830,
m. 5th April, in that year, Eliza,
daughter of Mr. John Richards.
Mary, who m. first, in 1804, John Wil-
son Smith, esq. a captain in the 14th
Regiment, and had one son, John
Fairful Smith, m. in 1831, to Miss
Turner. She wedded, secondly, Wil-
liam Jack, of Glasgow, merchant,
and had one son, Richard-Newman
Jack, and one daughter, Charlotte
Jack.
Anne, who d. unm. 18th May, 1804.
Eliza, who m. 9th October, 1804, Ro-
bert Lockhart, esq. of Castle Hill and
Camnethan, in the county of Lanark,
and had issue,
1 . James-Sinclair Lockhart, b. 11th
September, 1808.
2. Robert- Alexander Lockhart, b.
5th May, 1812.
3. John - Hamilton Lockhart, /'.
24th March, 1814.
4. Mary- Emilia Lockhart.
5. Eliza-Anne Lockhart, w. (1825)
to John Percy Henderson, esq.
of Foswell Bank, Perthshire.
6. Susan Lockhart.
7. Anne-Nisbet Lockhart.
Charlotte, m. first, to John Thomson,
esq. of Kilbank, Lanarkshire, and
had one son, John Lean Thomson, b.
30th December, 1816; and secondly,
James Price Hely, esq. a captain in
the army, (now major) second son of
the late Brigadier General Hely, of
the 11th Foot, who was killed at
Ostend.
Susan-Hamilton, m. in 1821, to James
Joseph Whitchurch, esq. of Clifton.
Isabella, m. 7 th July, 1818, to Rev.
John Joseph Goodenough, D. D.
rector of Bowbrickhill, in the county
of Bucks, and master of Bristol
Grammar School, and has issue, viz.
John-Ward Goodenough.
George Goodenough.
Isabella-Newman Goodenough.
Charlotte-Anne-Toll Goodenough.
Caroline - Dorothea - Codrington
Goodenough.
Frances-Newman, in. 11th March, 1826,
to William Killegrew Wait, esq. of
Redland Lodge, Westbury, near
Bristol, and has issue, viz.
William-Killegrew Wait.
Henry-Wenman Wait.
Susan-Mary Wait.
Frances- Amelia Wait.
Dr. Richard-Newman Newman died 29th
September, 1829, was buried in the family
vault in Thornbury Church, and was s. by
his elder son, the present Henry Wen-
man Newman, esq. of Thornbury Park.
Arms — Quarterly; sa. and arg. in the
first and fourth, three mullets of the second,
in the centre an inescutcheon gu. charged
with a portcullis imperially crowned or,
being an augmentation granted by King
Charles to Colonel Newman, for his loyalty
at the battle of Worcester.
Crest — A swallow rising ppr.
Motto — " Lux mea Christus."
Estates — Situated between the borough
town of Thornbury and the river Severn,
purchased by Richard Newman, esq. 17th
May, 1679. The first account of this estate
is the sale by Henry Lord Stafford, in the
year 1555.
Seat — Thornbury Park, Gloucestershire.
FAIRFAX, OF GILLING CASTLE.
FAIRFAX, CHARLES-GREGORY, esq. of Gilling Castle, in the county of
York, m. Mary, second sister of Sir Henry Goodricke, bart. of Ribston, in the same
shire, and has issue,
Charles-Gregory.
Lavinia.
Harriet.
This o-entleman, whose paternal name is Pigott, assumed, by act of parliament, in
1793,°the surname of Fairfax only, in consequence of inheriting the estates of that
family at the decease of his cousin, the Hon. Anne Fairfax.
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FAIRFAX, OF GILL1NO CASTLE.
HtncflQC.
This ancient family was originally named
from the "Fair locks" of its members—
"feax," signifying hair in the language of
our Saxon ancestors, and it was established
before the Norman conquest at Torces-
ter, in the county of Northumberland,
whence removing into Yorkshire, there, in
the vicinity of York, in the year 120.">.
Richard Faikfax, held the lands of
Askam. In those lie was s. by his son,
William Fairfax, of Askam, living in
the times of John and of IIiaky III. who
wedded Alice, daughter and heiress of Ni-
cholas de Bugthorp, and had a son and
successor,
William Faikfax, who was bailiff of
York, in 1249, and purchasing from Peter
de Bruce the manor of Walton, made that
the place of his residence. He espoused
Mary, relict of Walter Flower, great
nephew of Took Flower, mayor of York,
temp. Richard I. and had a son and suc-
cessor,
Thomas Fairfax, of W'alton, living in
the 12th Edward I. who wedded Agnes,
daughter and heir of Henry Sezevaux,
mayor of York, and had three sons, namely,
William, who d. s. p., Bego, treasurer of the
Cathedral Church, of York, who likewise
died issueless, and
John Fairfax, who succeeded at Walton,
in the reign of Edward I. He m. Clare,
daughter and heir of William Scott, by his
wife, Constance, daughter and co-heir of
Sir Roger Bruce, of Walton, and was s. by
his son,
Thomas Fairfax, of Walton, living in
the reign of Edward II. who wedded Mar-
garet, daughter of John Malbysse, and
eventually heiress of Sir William Malbysse,
by which lady he had, with two daughters
(Anne, m. to — Marton, and Claricia, m. to
William Palmes, of Naburn (see vol. i. p.
611), a son and heir,
Sempringham.
William Fairfax, of Walton, who m.
Ellen, daughter of John, or Rouclifle, of
Rouclifle, and had issue,
Thomas, his heir.
John, LL.D.
Margaret, prioress of Nun Moncton.
Mary, ) both nuns in the Abbey of
Alice, )
The elder son,
Thomas Fairfax, living at Walton, 23rd
Edward III. m. Elizabeth, or Margaret,
daughter and heiress of Sir Ivo de Etton,
Lord of Gilling, and was .v. by his son,
WILLIAM Fairfax, of Walton, patron of
the churches of Halnaby and Scotton. This
gentleman m. in 1392, Constance de Mauley,
sister of Peter, fourth Lord Mauley, and
was s. by his eldest son,
Thomas Fairfax, of Walton, who wedded
Margaret, sister and heir of Richard Friston,
esq. of Marston, and relict of Sir Robert
Rowoliffe, and dying in 1415, was s. by his
eldest son,
Richard Fairfax, of Walton, who flou-
rished in the reigns of the fourth, fifth, and
sixth Henries, and was chief-justice of Eng-
land under the last monarch. He in. Anas-
tasia, daughter and co-heir of John Car-
thorpe, bj Elizabeth, his wife, daughter and
co-heir of Sir William Ergham, knt. and had
issue,
i. William, his heir,
ii. Bryan, LL.D. in holy orders,
in. Gi y (Sir), who was constituted one
of the justices of the Court of King's
Bench, 29th September, 1478. Sir
Guy Fairfax obtained from his father
the manor of Steeton, in the county of
York, and erecting a castle, seated
himself there. He mi. Margaret, dau.
of Sir William Ryther, of Ryther,
and from him descended the extant
Lords Fairfax, of Cameron, (see
Burke's Peerage and Baronetage)
and the Fairfaxes of Newton and
Steeton.
iv. Richard, in holy orders,
v. Nicholas (Sir), a knight of Rhodes,
vi. Miles.
vii. Margaret.
vni. Anne.
ix. Ellen, a nun and prioress of Nun
Moncton, near York.
The eldest son and heir,
William Fairfax, esq. of Walton, m.
Catherine, daughter of Sir Humphrey Ne-
ville, of Thornton Bridge, by whom (who
wedded, secondly. Sir Richard Percy, bro-
ther of Henry, Earl of Northumberland)
he left at his decease, 31st Henry VII. one
daughter, Mary, m. to Thomas Gower, esq.
FAIRFAX, OF GILLING CASTLE.
of Sittenham, in Yorkshire, and one son,
his successor,
Sir Thomas Fairfax, of Walton, who
was made a Knight of the Bath, in 1495, at
the creation of Arthur, Prince of Wales,
He espoused Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
Robert Sherburne, of Stonyhurst, in Lan-
cashire, and had issue,
Thomas (Sir), his heir.
William (Sir).
Richard.
Robert.
Anne.
Elizabeth.
Jane, to. to Sir Richard Aldborough, of
Aldborough.
Dorothy.
Sir Thomas d. in 1505, and was s. by his
eldest son,
Sir Thomas Fairfax, of Walton, who es-
poused Anne, daughter of Sir William Gas-
coigne, of Gawthorpe, in the county of
York, by the Lady Margaret Percy, third
and youngest daughter of Henry, third Earl
of Northumberland, and dying in 1520, was
s. by his eldest son,
Sir Nicholas Fairfax, of Walton and
Gilling, who was shernT for the county of
York in the 23rd and 36th years of Henry
VIII. and in the 3rd of Elizabeth. He
wedded, first, Alice, daughter of Sir John
Harrington, and secondly, Jane, daughter of
Guy Palmes, esq. of Lindley (vol. i. p.
613), by the latter he had issue,
i. William (Sir), his heir.
ii. Nicholas, who m. Jane, daughter of
Sir William Hungate, of Saxton.
HI. George, m. — , daughter of Sir
Francis Salvin, of Thorpsahin and
Newbigging.
IV. Thomas, to. — , daughter of Vaux.
v. Robert, to. — , daughter of John
Spencer, of Yeringham.
vi. Edward, m. to Ursula, daughter of
John, second Lord Mordaunt, (see
Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peer-
age).
vn. Cuthbcrt.
vni. Henry.
ix. Margaret, to. to Sir William Bela-
syse, knt. of Newborough, and was
grandmother of the first Lord Fau-
conberg.
x. Anne, to. to Christopher de Frick-
ley, esq.
xi. Ellenor, nr. to John Vavasor, esq.
of Hazlewood.
xii. Elizabeth, to. to — Roos, esq. of
Ingneythorp.
xin. Mary, m. to Sir Henry Curwen,
of Workington (vol. i. p. 579).
Sir Nicholas d. in 1570, and was s. by his
eldest son,
Sir William Fairfax, of Walton and
Gilling, sheriff of Yorkshire in the 31st
Henry VIII. who wedded, first, Agnes,*
eldest daughter of George, Lord D'Arcy,
but had no issue. He espoused, secondly,
Jane, daughter and heir of Bryan Stapleton,
esq. of Nottingham and Burton, by whom
he had an only son and heir,
Sir Thomas Fairfax, of Walton and
Gilling, sheriff of Yorkshire in the 3rd of
Charles I. This gentleman was elevated
to the peerage of Ireland on the 10th Feb-
ruary, 1625, as Viscount Fairfax, of Elm-
ley. He m. first, Mary, daughter of Robert
Ford, esq. of Butley Abbey, and relict of
Sir William Bamburgh, bart. of Howton,
but had no issue. His lordship espoused,
secondly, Catherine, sister of Henry, Vis-
count Dunbar, and daughter of Sir Henry
Constable, of Burton Constable, by his wife,
Margaret, daughter of Sir William Dormer,
and had the following children,
I. Thomas, his heir.
ii. Henry, who m. Frances, daughter of
Henry Baker, esq. of Hurst, in Berk-
shire, and dying, 4th April, 1650, left
(with a younger son and daughter)
Henry, of Hurst, his heir, whose
only child and heir,
Frances Fairfax, to. in 1697,
David, Earl of Buchan
(see Burke's Peerage and
Baronetage).
in. William, who m. Mary, daughter of
Marmaduke Cholmondeley, esq. of
Brandsby, in the county of York, and
left two sons, viz.
Charles, of York, who to. first, the
widow of — Walmesley, esq. of
Dunkenhaigh, in Lancashire, by
whom he had an only child,
Charles, who died young. He
wedded, secondly, Mrs. Middle-
ton, and thirdly, Mrs. Mullins,
but d. s. p.
William, who inherited, as ninth
viscount.
iv. Nicholas, who to. Isabel, elder dau.
and co-heir of Thomas Beckwith, esq.
of Acton.
v. Jordan,
vi. John.
vn. Jane, to. to Cuthbert Morley, esq.
vin. Margaret, to. first, to Watkinson
Tailor, esq. and, secondly, to Sir John
Hotham.
ix. Catherine, to. first, to Robert Staple-
ton, esq. of Wighill, and, secondly,
to Sir Matthew Boynton, bart.
x. Mary, to. to Sir Thomas Layton,
knt. of East Layton.
* To this lady her father, the Lord D'Arcy be-
queathed by his will, 100 marks and his best
wrought silk carpet, bordered with crimson velvet,
which the ladv herself had made.
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FAIRFAX, OF GILLING CASTLE.
XI. Dorothy, m. to John Ingram, esq.
and, secondly, to Sir Thomas Nor-
cliffe, knt. of Huntington.
Thomas, first Lord Fairfax, d. in 1636, and
was s. by his eldest son,
Thomas Fairfax, second viscount, who
m. Alathea, youngest daughter of Sir Philip
Howard (from whom the earls of Carlisle),
and his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir John
Carryl, of Hastings, in the county of Sussex,
and had issue,
i. William, his successor.
ii. Charles, who inherited as fifth vis-
count,
in. John, who vi. Mary, daughter of
Colonel Thomas Hungate, and d. in
1692.
IV. Nicholas, born at Gilling, m. Eli-
zabeth, fourth daughter of Sir Tho-
mas Davison, of Blackstone, (by his
wife Elizabeth, eldest daughter of
Sir William Lambton, of Lambton,
and widow of John Chaytor, esq. of
Croft), by whom he had two sons and
a daughter, viz.
1. Nicholas, ) 6th and 8th vis-
2. Charles, \ counts.
3. Alathea, m. to John Forcer, esq.
and left two daughters.
v. Philip.
vi. Mary.
vii. Catherine, m. first, to George Me-
tham, esq. of Methani, and, secondly,
to Sir Arthur Ingram.
His lordship died 24th September, 1641,
and was s. by his eldest son,
William Fairfax, third viscount, born at
Naworth Castle, 6th June, 1630, who ?n.
Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Smith,
esq. of Norfolk, and had two sons and a
daughter, viz.
Thomas, his heir.
William, who d. in infancy.
Catharine, m. to Benjamin Mildmay,
Lord Fitzwalter.
The third viscount died in 1648, and his
widow espoused, secondly, Sir John Good-
ricke, bart. of Ribston. He was s. by his
son,
Thomas Fairfax, fourth viscount, who
died in infancy, and was s. by his uncle,
Charles Fairfax, fifth viscount, attainted
by King James's Irish parliament of 1689, as
resident in England. His lordship wedded
Abigail, daughter of Sir John Yates, knt.
and had an only child,
Alathea, who m. William, Lord Wid-
drington,and was mother of the ill-
fated Lord Widdrington, beheaded
for his participation in the rising of
1715.
Lord Fairfax died 6th July, 1711, and leav-
ing no male issue, was s. by his nephew,
Nicholas Fairfax, sixth viscount, who m.
Mary, daughter of William Weld, esq. of
Lulworth (see Weld of Lulwortli, vol. i. p.
198). and by her, who espoused, secondh.
Sir Francis Hungate, bart. of Saxton, had a
daughter, Mary, m. to her relative, Charles-
Gregory, tenth Viscount Fairfax, and a son
and successor,
Charles Fairfax, seventh viscount, who
died young, and was s. by his uncle,
Charles Fairfax, eighth viscount, at
whose decease, unmarried, the honors of
the family devolved on his kinsman,
William Fairfax, ninth viscount (grand-
son of the first peer). His lordship espoused
Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Gerard, and
had issue,
Chakles-Gregory, his heir.
Richard, who pre-deceased his brother,
*. p.
Alathea, who m. Ralph Pigott, esq. of
Whitton, in Middlesex, and had a
son,
Nathaniel Pigott, esq. who m.
Anna-Mathurina, daughter of
Monsieur de Beriol, grand bail-
lie of the Seigniory de Aigemont
Tavinque, in the Austrian Ne-
therlands, and by her, who died
in 1792, lie left, at his decease in
1804, with other issue, a second
son,
Charles- Gregory Pigott,
who inherited the Fairfax
estates, and, having assumed
that surname, is the present
Charles -Gregory Fair-
fax, esq. of Gilling Castle.
The ninth viscount Fairfax died in Novem-
ber, 1738, and was s. by his son,
Charles-Gregory Fairfax, tenth vis-
count, who m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of
Hugh, Lord Clifford, of Chudleigh, and re-
lict of the Viscount Dunbar, by whom, who
died in 1721, he had no issue. His lordship
wedded, secondly, Mary, daughter of Ni-
cholas, sixth Lord Fairfax, and by that lady,
who died in 1741, left at his decease an only
surviving daughter and heiress,
The Hon. Anne Fairfax, who died un-
married in 1793, when the estates passed to
her cousin,
Charles-Gregory Pigott, now Fair-
fax, esq. their present possessor.
Arms — Arg. three bars-gemelles gu. sur-
mounted by a lion rampant sa.
Crest — On a cap of maintenance, a lion
passant guardant sa.
Motto — Je le feray durant ma vie.
Estates — In Yorkshire.
Seat — Gilling Castle, 18 miles north of
York.
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CHETHAM-STRODE, OF SOUTHHILL.
STRODE-CHETHAM, RANDLE, esq. of South Hill, in the county of Somerset,
b. 7th January, 1773, inherited the estates at the decease of his brother Richard,
issueless in 1828, and assumed, by sign manual, the additional surname and arms of
Strode.
Utiuage.
csat
The family of Strode, which derives from
the Dukes of Bretagne, was founded in En-
gland by one of the soldiers of the Conquest,
Sir Warinds de la Strode, Lord of
Strode, in Dorsetshire, whose immediate
successors enjoyed large estates in the
counties of Dorset and Somerset, to the
eighth of whom in direct line we pass,
namely,
Sir John de Strode, knt. who was
sheriff of Dorset and Somerset shires, in the
17th Henry III. He had two sons, John
Strode, of Parnham, and an elder, his suc-
cessor,
Nicholas de Strode, living in 1249,
whose son and heir,
Sir Hugh de Strode, knt. m. Beatrix,
daughter and heiress of Sir John de Bytton,
knt. and Hawise, his wife, the daughter and
heiress of Matthew Ffurneaux. Sir Hugh
was living in the time of Edward I. and
was s. at his decease by his son,
Sir Hugh de Strode, of Chalmington,
who m. Beatrice, daughter of — Fitchet,
esq. and was s. by his son,
Henry de Strode, living in the reigns
of Edward II. and Edward III. who es-
poused Maud, daughter and heiress of - —
de Beaupre, and had two sons, Hugh and
Edmund. He was s. by the elder,
Hugh de Strode, flourished temp. Ed-
ward III. and Richard II. whose son and
heir,
Henry de Strode, living temp. Richard
II. espoused Elizabeth, daughter and heir-
ess of John and Joan Brent, and was s. by
his son,
Richard de Strode, of Parnham, in the
county of Dorset, who m. Elizabeth, daugh-
ter and heir of John Jerard, and had a son,
William de Strode, of Parnham, who
espoused Alice, daughter and heiress of
Roger Ledred, and had two sons, namely,
I. William, of Parnham, who conti-
nuing the elder line, wedded Alianor,
daughter of John Cheyne, of Pinho,
in Devonshire, and was s. by his
son,
John de Strode, of Parnham,
who m. first, Christian, daughter
of John Pokeswell, of Strode,
and had issue,
Robert, his successor.
Giles, d. s. p.
Dorothy, m. to — Hemerford.
He wedded, secondly, Elizabeth,
daughter of Richard Polhott,
and had other issue. He was s.
by his eldest son,
Robert de Strode, of Parnham.
This gentleman espoused Eliza-
beth, daughter of Reginald
Hody, son of Lord Chief Baron
Hody, of the Exchequer, temp.
Henry VIII. and was s. by his
son,
John de Strode, of Parnham, b.
in 1524, m. first, Katherine,
daughter of Gregory, Lord Crom-
well,* and had a son, John (Sir).
* Gregory, Lord Cromwell, son of Thomas,
Earl of Essex, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John
Seymour, sister of Edward, Duke of Somerset,
and widow of Anthony Oughtred, by whom he
had three sons, Henry (second lord), Edward,
and Thomas, and two daughters, Frances, m. to
Edward Strode, esq. of Devonshire, and Ka-
therine, m. to John Strode, esq. of Parnham, in
the county of Dorset. Burke's Eitinct and Dor-
mant Peerage.
Fuller, in his Church History, has the follow-
ing passage. " A knight (Sir John Strode, of
Parnham, in Dorsetshire) aged near eighty, whose
mother was daughter of Lord Cromwell's son,
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CHETHAM-STRODE, OF SOUTHHILL.
He wedded, secondly, Margaret,
daughter and heiress of Chris-
tian Hadly, and widow of Tho-
mas Luttrel, of Dunster Castle,*
by whom he had
Hugh.
Margaret, m. to E. Kerr.
Anne, m. to E. Stradling.
Dorothy, m. to W. Prowse.
Bridget.
Alice.
He d. in 1581, and was *. by his
elder son,
Sir John de Strode, knt. of
Parnham, b. in 1561, m. Anne
daughter of Sir John Wyndliam,
knt. of Orchard, and had two
sons,
John (Sir), his successor.
George (Sir), serjeant-at-law,
b. in 1626, M.P. for Lyme
Regis, temp. Charles II.
He d. in 1624, and was s. by his
elder son,
Sir John Strode, of Chantmarle,
/». in 1624, wedded Anne, daugh-
ter of T. lirown, esq. of Wal-
cott, in the county of North-
ampton, and widow of John,
Lord Paulet, of Hinton, by
whom he had an only daughter
and heiress,
Elizabeth Strode, who m.
Sir William Oglander, hart,
and thus terminated the
elder branch of the family. f
hath informed me that the principal passage
whereon the lord's enemies insisted was this ; it
being told Lord Cromwell that one accused him
of want of fidelity to the king. Cromwell re-
turned in a passion, ' Were he now here I would
strike my dagger into his heart,' meaning the
accuser's.
* See vol. i. page 143. This lady wedded,
thirdly, Richard Hill, esq.
t Sir William Oglander, third baronet, m.
Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir John Strode,
knt. of Parnham, in the county of Dorset, and
dying in 17.54, was s. by his son, Sir Johx Og-
lander, who in right of his mother succeeded to
the estates of the elder branch of the ancient
family of Strode. Burke's Peerage and Baro-
netage.
Some of the Strodes had property at Chep-
sted, in Kent. In Harl. MSS. 1040. fo. 34,
mention is made of the funeral of a Sir Nicholas
Strode buried at Chepsted, 18th May, 1683, for
which ceremonie Withie and Saunders furnished
10 Sarcenet achievements ; arms of Letion,
Strode, and Saville
62 Buckram achievements
12 large pendants
48 small pendants
4 shafroons
A pall
Porteridge.
ii. John.
The second son of William de Strode and
Alice Ledred,
John Strode, of Shepton Mallet, in the
county of Somerset, wedded Joanna, daugh-
ter of John Okele, and was s. by his son,
Walter Strode, of Shepton Mallet,
whose son and heir,
Thomas Strode, of Shepton Mallet, had
two sons, viz.
I. John, whose son,
Stephen, of Shepton Mallet, m. a
daughter of Richard Hodges,
esq. of Chepstow, and had a son,
Thomas, of Shepton Mallet,
living in 1623, who m. first,
Alicia, daughter of Macklin
Bnlliford, and had a daugh-
ter, Alice, who (/. s. p. He
wedded, secondly, Anna,
daughter of — Lane, of
Metis, and relict of John
Butcher, by whom he bad
two other daughters.
1. Abigail, aged twenty-
one years in 1623. This
lady m. Richard Swaine,
esq. of the Gonvil
Swaines. They had
issue, Abigail Swaine,
who m. Wyndham Har-
bin, esq. of Newtown,
in the county of Somer-
set. She d. 4th August,
1723, leaving issue,
Swaynb Harbin and a
daughter.
2. Hannah, aged sixteen
in 1623.
n. Edward.
The second son,
Edward Strode, of Shepton Mallet, m.
Alicia, daughter of Robert Whiting, brother
of the last abbot of Glastonbury, and left a
son,
William Strode, of Shepton Mallet, who
wedded Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of
Galfrid Upton, and had issue,
i. Galfrid or Geoffrey, of Shepton
Mallet, who m. Elizabeth, daughter
of William Filiol, of Marnhull, in
Dorset, and was father of
Colonel William Strode, the dis-
tinguished patriot, so celebrated
and conspicuous in the troubled
times of Charles I. He was
one of the five members of par-
liament demanded by that un-
fortunate monarch out of the
House of Commons ; and is
styled by Clarendon in his His-
tory, as " that turbulent seditious
fellow." So highly valued was
Colonel Strode by the Commons,
that he was honored with a pub-
CHETHAM-STRODE, OF SOUTHHILL.
119
lie funeral, and interred with
great ceremony in Westminster
Abbey.
II. George, of London.
Hi. William.
The third son,
William Strode, esq. of Shepton Mallet,
m. Joanna, daughter and heiress of E. Bar-
nard, esq. of Downside,* in the county of
Somerset, and was s. by his son,
Edward Strode, esq. b. 22nd August,
1623, s. by his son,
John Strode, esq. who wedded ,
daughter of J. Hippesley, esq. of Camley,
and left a son and heir,
James Strode, esq. who m. Amy A'Court,
and had (with a younger son, Edward, killed
in a duel, in France) his successor,
Carew Strode, esq. of Southhill House,
in the county of Somerset, who espoused
Elizabeth Skinner, and had issue,
I. James, who d. s. p.
n. Edward, his heir.
Mr. Strode was s. by his only surviving son,
Edward Strode, esq. of Southhill. This
gentleman m. Mary, daughter of — Simp-
son, esq. of the county of Cumberland, and
had issue,
I. John, his heir.
II. Anne, m. 15th October, 1770, to
Thomas Chetham, esq. of Mellor
Hall, in the county of Derby, and
had five sons, viz.
1. Thomas Chetham, of whom
presently, as inheritor of the
Strode estates, on the demise of
hisuncle, James Strode, in 1807.
2. Richard Chetham, twin brother
and successor of Thomas.
3. Randle Chetham, who having
succeeded his brother, Richard,
in the Strode estates, assumed
the additional surname and arms
of Strode, and is the present
Randle Chetham-Strode, esq.
of Southhill.
4. Edward Chetham, captain R.N.
and Companion of the Bath.
5. John Chetham, a colonel in the
army.
III. Elizabeth, m. to the Rev. Andre
Boisdaune, and had two daughters,
1. Mary Boisdaune, m. to — Bell,
esq. of Sellaby, in the county of
Durham.
2. Augusta Boisdaune, m. first, to
Col. Moorhouse, and secondly,
to George, eighteenth Lord Aud-
ley, (his lordship's second wife).
* The remains of part of the old mansion of
the Barnards still exist. A curious and beautiful
gold ring was discovered, in 1825, amengst the
r ;hbish. on the inside of which was engraved the
name of Elizabeth.
Mr. Strode was s. at his decease by his only
son,
John Strode, esq. of Southhill, sometime
colonel of the Bath Volunteers, and a deputy
lieutenant and justice of the peace for the
county of Somerset. He married Margaret-
Sophia, daughter of Sir Henry-John Parker,
bait, of Talton, in the county of Worcester,
by whom, who d. 25th August, 1805, he had
no issue. Colonel Strode died at the age of
sixty-nine, in 1807, and was buried in the
family vault, in the parish church, (West
Cranmore) by the side of his wife, to whose
memory he had erected an elegant monu-
ment, with the following inscription : —
" Sacred to the memory of Margaret-Sophia
Strode, wife of John Strode, esq. and daughter of
Sir Henry-John Parker, bart. of Talton, in the
county of Worcester. She died on Sunday, 25th
August, 1805, aged 55 years."
Above the tomb of Colonel Strode himself,
there is also a handsome monument, thus
inscribed : —
" Sacred to the memory of John Strode, esq.
the last male heir of an ancient and highly respect-
able family resident in this parish, and lords
of this manor nearly two hundred vears ; his
early life was passed in the profession of arms,
and his latter years were dedicated to the service
of his country in a civil capacity, as an active,
humane, and intelligent magistrate ; but when his
country was threatened by foreign invasion he
again stood forward one of her most zealous and
active defenders, and was honoured with the com-
mand of several corps of fencible troops, raised in
this country, lie died, December 22nd, 1807,
aged 69 vears. Thomas Chetham-Strode, his
nephew and heir, caused this to be erected to his
memory."
Colonel Strode was s. by (the eldest son of
his elder sister) his nephew,
Thomas Chetham, esq. b. 2L>th Novem-
ber, 1771, who in consequence of inheriting
the Strode estates, assumed by sign manual,
in December, 1808, the additional surname
and arms of Strode. He m. in 1816, Ca-
therine-Brandreth Backhouse, widow of
Lieutenant Colonel Spencer-Thomas Vas-
sall, who so gloriously fell in leading the
British troops to the storm of Monte Video,
A.D. 1807, (see vol. i. p. 501) and dau. and
co-heiress of the late Rev. D. Evans, D.D.
sometime a chaplain to King George III.
and rector of West Tilbury, in Essex. By
this lady (who survives him) he had no
issue. He d. 11th September, 1827, and
was s. by his next brother,
Richard Chetham, esq. who assumed on
inheriting the additional surname and arms
of Strode. He espoused Frances, second
daughter of the Rev. Robert Thomlinson,
M.A. rector of Cleye, in the county of Nor-
folk, but dying s. p. 19th July, 1828, was s.
by his brother, Randle Chetham, who, as-
suming the surname and arms of Strode, is
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O'SHEE, OF GARDENMORRES.
the present Randle Chetham-Strode, esq.
of Southhill.
FAMILY OF CHETHAM.
This is a branch of the ancient Lancashire
family of the same name.
James Chetham, esq. sometime of Jarden,
and afterwards of Mellor Hall, in the
county of Derby, which estate he purchased,
in 16»6, m. first, Susanna, daughter of W.
Radclifle, esq. of Mellor, by whom (who d.
26th April, 1680) he had issue,
James, his heir.
Thomas, baptized 23rd Mav, 1678, and
buried 2.3rd March, 1696.
Katherine, baptized 17th May, 1669, m.
to William Radclifle, esq. of Poduor,
and died in May, 1696.
Mary, baptized 26th December, 1672,
m. in 1703, to Joseph Cliaddock, esq.
He wedded, secondly, Anne , but had
no further issue. He d. in 1704, (will dated
29th December, 1703, and proved 19th April,
1704) and was s. by his son,
James Chetham, esq. of Mellor Hall,
baptized 26th September, 1675, m. Elizabeth,
daughter of — Lawton, esq. and had issue,
I. James, heir to his father,
li. Thomas, heir to his brother.
III. William, baptized at Mellor, loth
October, 1707.
IV. Edward, b. 16th August, 1711.
v. Hester, b. 23rd May, l(i!J7, m. in
1719, to John Potts, the younger.
VI. Susanna, b. 24th April, 1705.
vn. Elizabeth, b. 11th May, 1710, li\ Ing
in 1735.
Mr. Chetham made his will 16th May, 1712,
and it was proved on the 29th September
following. He was s. by his eldest son,
James Chetham, esq. of Melior Hall,
baptized 17th April, 1700, died in 1717, and
was s. by his brother,
Thomas Chetham, esq. of Mellor Hall,
b. 8th November, 1702, in. first, 16th Janu-
ary, 1723, at Mecclesfield, Mary Hawkins,
by whom he had no issue. He espoused
secondly, in March, 1739, Mary, third and
youngest daughter of Randle Wilbraham,
esq. of Rhode and Nantwich, in the county
of Chester, and had
Thomas, his heir.
Mary, bap. 8th July, 1742, m. 31st
July, 1782, to Samuel Macconell,
esq!! of Bath, and had an only child,
Isabella Macconell, b. 23rd
April, 1785, m. 11th April, 1809,
to her cousin, Colonel John
Chetham.
Frances, died in infancy, anno 1743.
Elizabeth, bap. 11th August, 1746, d.
in 1767.
Mr. Chetham was buried on the 21st Jan-
uary, 1756, and was s. by his only son,
Thomas Chetham, esq. of Mellor Hall,
bap. 16th December, 1739, espoused at
St. James's, Westminster, 15th October,
1770, Anne, elder daughter of Edward
Strode, esq. of Southhill House, in the
county of Somerset, and had issue,
i. Thomas, ^ successors to the
ii. Richard, > Strode estates, and by
hi. Randle, ) assumption Strode in
addition to Chetham, the last is the
present proprietor,
iv. Edward, capt. R.N. b. atHighgate,
5th July, 1774, m. 28th June, 1810,
Margaret, third daughter of William
Deane, esq. and has issue,
v. John, of Londonderry, a colonel in
the army, b. at Highgate, 29th June,
1779, »h." 11th April, 1809, his cousin,
Isabella, daughter of Sami'el Mac-
conell, esq. by his wife, Mary Che-
tham, and has issue, Samtel, b. in
January, 1810.
Mr. Chetham" died in October, 1799, and
was s. by his eldest son, Thomas, who sub-
sequently inherited the Strode estates, and
assumed the additional surname and arms
of Strode.
Arms — Quarterly; first and fourth, er-
mine in a canton sa. a crescent arg. for
Strode. Second and third, arg. a griffin
segreant gu. within a bordure bezantee, for
Chetham.
Crests — First, for Strode, a demi lion
couped or. Second, for Chetham, a demi
griffin, holding a cross potent arg.
Motto — Malo mori quam foedari.
Estates — In Somersetshire.
Seat — Southhill House, situated on the
south side of the Mendip Hills.
O'SHEE, OF GARDENMORRES.
O'SHEE, JOHN-POWER, esq. of Gardenmorres, in the county of Waterford, and
of Sheestown, in the county of Kilkenny, b. 15th February, 1809, succeeded his father
in 1827. Mr. O'Shee, who is a magistrate for the counties of Waterford and Kil-
kenny, and deputy-lieutenant of the former, served the office of sheriff for the county
of Waterford in 1832.
O'SHEE, OF GARDENMORRES.
121
Hincactc.
This family, of Milesian origin, derives
from the Irish princes of Iveragh, in the
county of Kerry, and its direct ancestor,
prior to the English invasion, is acknow-
ledged to have held the sceptre as King or
Lord of Iveragh. Within the jurisdiction
of Iveragh was situated the Island of Dair-
hre, the estate of the O'Shees, and in an
ancient pedigree, attested by Robert Cooke,
Clarencieux King of Arms, in the year 1582,
Oda, or Odancs O'Shee, chieftain of
the Sept, about the beginning of the twelfth
century, is styled Lord of the manors of
Cloran-O'Shee, Clone-O'Shee, and Dran-
gan-O'Shee, in the barony of Middlethird
and county of Tipperary, and of the Can-
thred of Texnane O'Shee, in the county of
Kerry, (situated in the barony of Iveragh).
The tenth in descent from this chief,
Odoneus O'Shee, (whose grandfather,
Thadeus O'Shee, had removed from Tex-
nane O'Shee to the county of Tipperary)
obtained denizenship for himself and his
three brothers, William, Edmund, and John,
on the 6th November, A.D. 1381, 15th Rich-
ard II. This Odoneus was likewise lord of
the manors of Cramps Castle, and Shees-
land, near Kiltinane, in the county of Tip-
perary. He was s. by his son,
Robert Shee, who became heir also to
his above mentioned uncles, William, Ed-
mund, and John. He was father of
Thadeus Shee, who succeeded him. This
chief having unfortunately slain on the 6th
December, 1433, John Butler, brother of
the Baron of Dunboyne, and Seneschal to
the White Earl, in the county palatine of
Tipperary, the baron entered into Drangan,
Shees land, and other parcels as an ericke
after the Irish custom. His brother, Cor-
macke O'Shee, was about the same period
confirmed in the lordship of Cloran, by
Thomas Butler, prior of Kilmainham, which
estate however came again into the posses-
sion of the descendants of Thadeus. He
m. Margaret, daughter and heir of William
Britten, chieftain of the name, and had four
sons, viz.
i. Robert, his heir,
ii. John.
in. Arthur, who m. Issmay Cadell,
heiress of Morestown and Cadells
town, in the county of Tipperary, and
of Elstown and Kilkeraine, in the
county of Kilkenny, and had issue,
iv. William.
Thadeus was s. by his eldest son,
Robert Shee, who wedded Ellen, daugh-
ter of Birmingham, called by the Irish,
Mac Fheoris, and was s . by his son,
Richard Shee, who was sent to school to
Waterford, by his grandmother, (a daugh-
ter of the Earl of Desmond) lest he should
be murdered by the Baron of Dunboyne,
and he there m. Rose, daughter of — Archer.
By this lady he had two sons and four daugh-
ters, of whom, Catherine, m. William Bushe,
of Waterford. The elder son,
Robert Shee, or Shet/i, was the first of
the family that settled in Kilkenny. He es-
poused Catherine, daughter of — Sherlocke,
of Kilkenny, and had issue,
i. Richard, his heir,
n. Joan, m. to John Mothel.
in. Beale, m. to Francis Pembroke,
iv. Mary, m. to James Fforstall.
V. Alson, »i. to John Donnell.
This Robert was slain on the 6th August,
1500, at Mealiffe, in the county of Tip-
perary, where he commanded a hundred
men of Kilkenny, under Sir Pierce Butler,
against O'Brien, and was a. by his son,
Richard Shee, of Kilkenny, who m.
Joan, daughter and heir of Elias Archer, of
Ross, by his wife, Marion, daughter and
heir of — Delahyde, of the same place,
whose lands he inherited, and had seven
sons and three daughters, viz.
I. Robert, his successor.
ii. Thomas, who m. Beale Butler, and
had two sons and two daughters.
III. William, m. Margaret Walshe,
and had seven sons and four daugh-
ters, of whom Pierce Shee, the
eldest son, was recorder of Kilkenny.
William, (the father) died in 1584,
and is buried in St. Mary's choir, in
Kilkenny, under a flat tomb-stone,
bearing the following inscription :
" Hie jacet Wilhelmus Shee, quondam
Burgensis vill Kilkenne
qui obiit 1584 .... uxor ejus
Margareta Walshe
iv. Nicholas, m. Beale Walshe, and
had issue.
v. Edmund, m. Lettice Cranesborough,
and had issue.
vi. Katherine, m. first, to Michael
Boyle, esq. and secondly, to Nicho-
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O'SHEE, OF GARDENMORRES.
las Garvey, esq. by both of whom
she had issue,
vn. Lettice, m. to John Sweetman,
esq. of Callan.
viii. Anstice, this lady was m. thrice.
He was s. at his decease by his eldest* son,
Robert Shee, esq. who was a justice of the
peace for the county of Kilkenny, and pur-
chased lands in the city and county thereof.
He wedded Margaret, daughter of — Rothe,
esq. and had issue,
i. Richard (Sir), his heir.
II. Elias, of Kilkenny, who m. Marga-
ret, daughter of — Archer, esq. and
dying 27th July, 1613, was buried in
St. Mary's choir, where a monument
was erected to his memory, covered
with curious inscriptions in Latin
verse. He is described by Holing-
shed, " as Elias Sheth, borne in Kil-
kennye, sometime scholer of Oxford,
a gentleman of a passing wit, a pleas-
ant conceited companion, full of mirth
without gall. He wrote in English
divers sonnets." The following epi-
taph appears in Roman capitals on a
tablet over the monument :
" Hei.ioj Shee Armigero multis na-
ture dotibus ac niultiplicis doctrine
ornamentis conspicuo conjugi suavis-
simo charissima uxor Margareta Archer
maesta posuit Obiit Die 27 Julii A. D.
1613."
From this Elias,+ Sir George Shee,
bart. and Sir Martin Archer Shee,
P.R.A. derive.
Hi. Marcus,
iv. Matthew.
v. Andrew.
vi. Marion, m. to Thomas Archer, esq.
vn. Joan, in. first, to Luke Black, esq.
and secondly to — Rothe, esq. of
Kilkenny.
VIII. Onor, m. to John Archer, esq. and
had issue. She died 24th August,
1616, and lies interred under a mural
monument in St. Mary's Church,
Kilkenny, on which are the arms of
Archer, impaling those of Shee, with
a Latin inscription underneath.
IX. Ellen, m. to Richard Archdeacon,
esq. and had issue.
* Under Sir Martin Shee, this Robert, the
eldest son, is erroneously called the youngest.
i In vol. i. p. 40.i, this Elias Shee is represented
as dying in 1688, after forfeiting the estate of
Clanmore, — evidently in error. Elias who lost
Clanmore, was probably the grandson of this
Elias. By inquisition, held 21st August, 1619,
it appears that Elias Shee was seised of the
castles of'Clanmorne, Shullamrath, and Follingrath,
within the liberties of Kilkenny. His son and heir,
George Shee, was twenty-three years of age, and
married at his father's death. Sir George Shee,
bart. is the head of this branch of the family only.
x. Cicily, in. to John Archer, esq. and
had issue.
XI. Rose, in. to James Sherlock, esq.
of Waterford.
Robert Shee lies buried in St. Mary's Choir,
Kilkenny. His monument consists of a
large circular arch, within which are his
arms, with seven quarterings, and the ini-
tials R. S. He was s. by his eldest son,
Sir Richard Shee, knt. of Uppercourt,
in the county of Kilkenny, and of Cloran,
in Tipperary, a member of Gray's -Inn,
London, and founder, in the year 1582, of
the hospital in Kilkenny called after his
name, which institution lie endowed, by his
will dated 18th December, 1603. with the
tythes of Butlerswood and Kilmocahill, di-
recting his son and heir, under pain of his
curse and promise of his blessing, to procure
a charter of incorporation of the poor of
the hospital, under the title of " Fratres et
Sorores Ilospitalis Jesu Christi in Kil-
kennia." He in. first, Margaret, daughter
of John Sherlock, esq. of Mothe, in the
county of V\ aterford, and had issue,
i. Robert, who died in the lifetime of
his lather unmarried,
ii. LUCAS, his heir, ancestor of the
Cloran family, which see at foot of
this article.
III. Thomas, of Freinstown, who left no
issne by his wife Ellen, daughter of
Alderman Nicholas Dobbyn, of Wa-
terford.
iv. Marcus, of whom presently.
V. John.
vi. Lettice, in. to John Grace, head of
the ancient baronial house of Courts-
town, and had issue.
VII. Catherine, m. first, Edmund Cant-
well, esq. of Moycarkey Castle, in
the county of Tipperary, and had a
daughter, Catherine Cantwkll, who
wedded the Hon. John Butler, son
of Edmund, second Viscount Mount
Garret. Mrs. Cantwell espoused se-
condly, Richard Fforstal, jun. of
Fforstalstown and Ologan Castles,
by whom she had also a daughter,
Catherine Fforstal, who espoused, in
16.00, Matthew Morres, esq. of Bally-
rickard-Morres.
VIII. Margaret, in. to James Walshe,
esq.
ix. Elizabeth, in. to David Rothe, esq.
of Tullaghmain, in the county of Kil-
kenny, by whom she had, with other
issue, Sir Robert Rothe, knt. the
first Mayor of Kilkenny, under the
charter of King James I.
Sir Richard Shee wedded secondly Mar-
garet, daughter of Christopher Ffagan, esq.
alderman of Dublin, but by her, who sur-
vived him, he left no issue. Sir Richard
died at his Castle of Bonnestown, near Kil-
kenny, on the 10th August, 1608, and was
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buried in his own chapel in St. Mary's
Choir ; where, according to his testamentary
instructions, a handsome monument was
erected to his memory, with the following
inscription, above four shields bearing his
armorial ensigns :
Inclyta Ricardi sunt ha?c insignia Sbethi
Militis uurati Nobilis atque probi.
He was s. by his eldest son, Lucas Shee, of
whose descendants an account will be found
under "Shee, of Cloran." To his fourth son,
Marcus Shee, Sir Richard bequeathed
the castle, lands, &c. of Wasesheyes or
Sheestown, Blackouse Sheys, alias Cant-
well's Lands, Ballyragane, his part of the
alterage of Tullaroan and the parsonage of
Stonecarty, conditionally that the said
Marcus pay yearly and for ever out of the
same two shillings sterling to his (Sir Ri-
chard's) heir, Lucas, and his heirs for ever,
and he directs his executors " to keep the
said Marcus to the studdye of the king's
lawe, at his own personal chardges yf he
be desirous thereof, and not wantonlye
given, in hope he rnaye be the better member
of the Commonwealthe, and be the better
able in this unfortunate countrie to defend
himself, his brethren and friendes from
wronge." This Marcus wedded Ellen,
daughter of Oliver Grace, esq. Baron of
Courtstown, and had five sons, viz.
Richard, his heir.
John.
Lucas, who wedded Elizabeth, daughter
of Robert Warren, esq. of Castle-
town, and had a son,
Nicholas Shee, M.D. from whom
lineally sprang
Henry Shee, of Landreces,
created a peer by Louis
XVIII. whose sister and
heir,
Letitia Shee, espoused
the late Thomas Clarke,
of Landreces, (a native
of the county of Kil-
kenny, and a colonel of
Invalids in the French
service) and was mother
of the celebrated Mar-
shal Henry Clarke,
Duke of Feltre, many
years minister at war to
the Emperor Napoleon.
James.
Thomas.
Mr. Shee was 5 at his decease by his eldest
son,
Richard Shee, esq. of Sheestown, who,
with bis father, forfeited his estates in the
rebellion of 1641, but obtained eventually
their restoration. He wedded Rose, daugh-
ter and heir of Peter Rothe, esq. and was *.
by his son,
Marcus Shee, esq. of Sheestown, who
espoused Mary, daughter of Nicholas Plun-
kett, esq. of Dunsoghly, and had issue,
i. Richard, his successor,
li. Marcus.
m. Nicholas.
iv. John, ancestor of the Shees, of Bal-
lyreddan, now represented by John
Shee, esq. son of the late John Shee,
esq. of Ballyreddan, colonel of the
35th regiment.
He made his will 16th March, 1684, and was
s. at his death by his eldest son,
Richard Shee, esq. of Sheestown, who
m. the Hon. Dymna, or Dymphna, Barne-
wall, daughter of Robert, twelfth Lord
Trimblestown, and dying 10th December,
1748, was s. by his son,
Marcus Shee, esq. of Sheestown. This
gentleman wedded Thomasina, daughter of
Thomas Masterson, esq. of Castletown, and
had issue,
i. John, his heir.
ii. — , a general in the French service.
in. Phillis, d- unmarried, at Kilkenny,
aged eighty seven,
iv. Dymphna, died unmarried, aged
seventy.
v. Catherine, d. unm. aged sixty-eight,
vi. Mary, d. unmarried.
Mr. Shee was s. at his decease by his eldest
son, who, adopting the Irish prefix, became
John O'Shee, esq. of Sheestown. This
gentleman resided chiefly at Brussels, but
served the office of sheriff for the county of
Waterford. He m. Elizabeth, daughter and
heir of Richard Power, esq. of Garden-
morres, in the county of Waterford, by
Anne, daughter and heir of — Morres, esq.
of Ballynaven, in the same shire, and had
issue,
Richard-Power, his heir.
Arnold, now major in the Waterford
militia.
John, a colonel in the Austrian service,
d. at Sheestown, unmarried, in 1809,
and was buried in the chapel built
theie, by Sir Richard Shee, in "the
year 1571.
Mr. O'Shee was s. by his eldest son,
Richard Power O'Shee, esq. of Garden-
morres and Sheestown, who espoused Mar-
garet, daughter of Nicholas Power, esq. of
Snowhill, in the county of Kilkenny, and
left at his decease, aged sixty-two, in 1827,
(with a younger son, Nicholas, born in 1820)
the present
John Power O'Shee, esq. of Gerden-
morres and Sheestown.
Arms Quarterly : for Shee. First, per
bend indented or and az. two fleur-de-lys
counterchanged, the hereditary arms of
Odoneus Shee, in 1382. Second, gules,
three swords per fesse arg. hilts d or, the
centre sword pointing to the sinister side, the
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O'SHEE, OF GARDENMORRES.
arms of William Shee, brother of Odoneus.
Tliird, sable, three pheons arg. the arms of
John Shee, brother of Odoneus. Fourth,
gules, two swords in saltier, arg. point
down, surmounted by a third in pale, point
up, hilt or, the ensign of Edmond Shee.
Quartering the ensigns of Britten or de
Bryttyn ; Archer; Birmingham; De la
Hyde; Rothe; Power, ofGardenmorres;
and Morres, of Ballynaven.
Crest — A swan rousant sa. membered and
beaked gules.
Motto— Vincit Veritas.
Estates — Gardenmorres, in the county of
Waterford, acquired by the marriage of tin-
present Mr. O'Shee's grandfather, and
Sheestown, in the barony of Shillelogher,
in the county of Kilkenny, first acquired by
the will of Sir Richard Shee, but forfeited
in the rebellion of 1641, by Marcus and
Richard Shee, son and grandson of Sir
Richard, and regranted to them 4th July,
19th Car. II. enrolled 19th October, 1667.
Seats — Gardenmorres, near Kilmactho-
mus, and Sheestown, near Kilkenny.
§f)cr, of Cloran.
Lucas Shee, esq. of Uppercourt, county
of Kilkenny, and of Cloran, county of Tip-
perary, eldest son and heir of Sir Richard
Shee, obtained, agreeably to his father's
testamentary injunction, a charter to incor-
porate the poor of Sir Richard Shee's hos-
pital, the statutes and constitution of which
were agreed upon by the Lord Deputy Chi-
chester and the privy council. The hos-
pital was founded for such as were blind,
lame, impotent, diseased, or aged, and for
such as were poor and not worth five pounds.
Lucas Shee in. Ellen, daughter of Edmond
Butler, second Viscount Mount Garret, and
dying, as appears by inquisition, 27th July,
1622, aged fifty-three, left two sons and six
daughters, viz.
i. Robert, his heir,
n. Edmond, in. Dorothy, daughter of
Nicholas Dormer, of Ross, and died
5. p.
in. Mary, m. to Richard Strange, esq.
of Dunkitt.
iv. Hellena, m. to — Archer, esq.
v. Lettice, m. to Sir Thomas Hurley,
bart. of Knocklong, in the county
of Limerick, and was mother of Sir
Maurice Hurley, and of Catherine
Hurley, who became the wife of
Pierce Butler, fifth Lord Dunboyne,
who d. in 1689.
vi. Margaret, m. to — Dormer, esq. of
Stokestown.
VII. Ellen, m. to Richard Lawless, esq.
viii. Dorothy, m. to Henry Shee, esq.
Lucas Shee was s. by his elder son,
Robert Shee, esq. of Uppercourt and
Cloran. This gentleman being concerned
with his uncle. Lord Mount Garret, and the
confederate catholics, in the rebellion of
1641, his house, in Kilkenny, being their
place of rendezvous, the estates entailed upon
him by the will of his grandfather, Sir
Richard Shee, were all confiscated, and dis-
tributed amongst various individuals. Up-
percourt, Freshford, Brownestown, Glascro,
Ballylurkin, and other adjoining estates, in
the barony of Cranagh, were granted to Sir
George Ayskough,* a parliamentary colonel,
in satisfaction of arrears ; a portion of the
ancient inheritance of Cloran alone was al-
lotted to Robert Shee by the court of claims,
the greater part being granted to his kins-
man, the Duke of Ormonde, and others; and
a small portion which had not been disposed
of was subsequently conferred by Charles
II. upon his brother, James, Duke of York,
and sold on that prince's abdication. Robert
Shee m. Margaret, daughter and co-heir of
Sir Richard Masterson, of Femes, t by his
first wile. .Mabel, daughter of Sir Christopher
Barnewall, knt. of Turvey, and had one son
and five daughters, viz.
i. Richard, his successor.
* The arrear due to this soldier of fortune was
£200. sterling, for which he received 2359 plan-
tation acres, equal to 3639 statute acres — the en-
tire from the possessions of Robert Shee.
t Sir Richard Masterson, who d. in 1627,
was the son of Sir Thomas Masterson, of Femes,
seneschal of the county of Wexford, bv Catherine,
daughter of — Clere, of Kilkenny. Thomas -Mas-
terson, of Cheshire, (the father of Sir Thomas)
was taken prisoner at the memorable battle of
Flodden Field, where his father was slain ; he m.
Margery, daughter and heir of Roger Manwaring,
appointed by King Henry VII. escheator of
Cheshire, A.D. 1495, and afterwards for life. He
was a younger son of Manwaring, of Caringham,
son of Randle, third son of Handle Manwaring, of
Over Peover, and of Margery, daughter of Hugh
Venables, Baron of Kinderton, (vide Burke's
Extinct and Dormant Peerage, and (Jrmeuod's
Cheshire). Sir Richard Masterson, of Femes,
left by his said wife, Mabel, daughter of Sir
Christopher Barnewall, four daughters his co-
heirs, viz.
i. Catherine, the eldest, who espoused Ed-
ward Butler, of Moneybam, in the county
of Wexford, eldest son of Pierce Butler,
third son of Richard, first Viscount Mount-
garret, which Edward died 9th September,
1628, leaving issue, Pierce, Richard, Mary,
and Joan.
ii. Mary, wife of Richard Sinnott, of Bally-
Sinnott, in the county of Wexford,
in. Mabell, wife of jS'icholas Devereux, of
the county of Wexford,
iv. Margaret, m. as above, Robert Shee, esq,
son and heir of Lucas Shee, of Upper
Court.
Sir Richard Masterson m. secondly, Joan, dau. of
Richard Butler, third Viscount Mountgarret.
O'SHEE, OF GARDENMORRES.
125
II. Marian, m. to — Cantwell, esq. of
Cantwell's Court.
III. Margaret, to. to — Butler, esq. of
Kildellick.
iv. Ellen, m. to — Comerford, esq. of
Inchy-wologhan.
v. Mabel, m. to — Raggett, esq. of Car-
negeale.
He was s. by his son,
Richard Shee, esq. of Cloran, who, ac-
cording to Lodge (Peerage of Ireland),
commanded an Irish regiment in the Spanish
service in Flanders, during the exile of King
Charles II. which was almost wholly de-
stroyed at the siege of Arras. He to. first,
Catherine, daughter of Sir Richard Eve-
rard, bart. of Fethard, in the county of Tip-
perary, by his wife, Catherine, daughter of
James Tobin, esq. of Cumpshinagh, in the
same shire, and had issue,
EDMOND,his heir.
Richard, living in 1682, d. s. p.
Margaret, to. to Richard Butler, fifth
Viscount Mount Garret, and d. s. p.
Colonel Shee espoused, secondly, Bridget,
daughter of — Malone, esq. by whom he
had another son, Robert, who d. s. p. He
was s. at his decease by his eldest son,
Edmond Shee, esq. of Cloran, whose will
bears date 23rd July, 1709, and was proved
26th May, 1739. He wedded Catharine,
daughter of — O'Dwyer, esq. of Dundrum,
in the county of Tipperary (of the ancient
and princely family of the O'Dwyers, of
Kilnemanagh), and had one son and four
daughters, viz.
Richard, his successor.
Margaret, to. to Sir John Morres, bart.
of Knockagh, in the county of Tip-
perary, (who d. in 1723), and was
mother of
Sir Redmond Morres, who d.s.p.
in 1742.
Edmond Morres, d. unmarried.
Catherine Morres, to. to Ambrose
Kearney, esq. of Cappagh.
Mary Morres, m. to James Everard
Long, esq. of Grove, and of Kil-
loran, in the county of Tippe-
rary.
Margaret Morres, to. to John Uni-
acke, esq. of Youghal.
Elizabeth Morres, to. to — Uni-
acke, esq.
Mabel, to. to George Lanigan, esq. and
had a son,
William Lanigan, esq. who marry-
ing Elizabeth, dau. and eventual
heir, of Thomas Fogarty, esq. of
Castle Fogarty, in the county of
Tipperary, his son inherited that
ancient estate, and became La-
nigan, of Castle Fogarty.
Ellen.
Bridget.
Mr. Shee was s. by his only son,
Richard Shee, esq. of Cloran, who es-
poused Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mi-
chael Grace, esq. of Shanganah, now Grace-
field (see Grace of Mantua, and also Sir
William Grace, bart. Burke's Peerage
and Baronetage), and dying at Cloran, 30th
May, 1743, aged forty-two, left issue, by
her who survived him, viz.
I. Edmond, his heir, who sold the an-
cient estate of Cloran, which had been
in the possession of his ancestors from
a period antecedent to the English
invasion, together with the tithes of
Kilmocahill, the property of Sir
Richard Shee's hospital. He died
in 1785, s. p.
II. Lucas, a priest,
in. Michael, d. s. p.
iv. Robert, of Paris, a count of the
kingdom of France, m. in 1776, a
daughter of Sir Patrick Bellew, bart.
and d. s. p.
v. John, captain in the Spanish service,
d. s. p.
vi. Catherine, to. in 1761, John
Wright, jun. esq.* of Cloneen, in the
* The first of the Wright family who resided
in Ireland,
Ireland Wright, accompanied Oliver Crom-
well into that kingdom, and settled in the
county of Tipperary. He m. in England, Miss
Elizabeth Foster, and was s. by his eldest son,
John Wright, of Cappaghnagerane, living
1722, who wedded Catherine, daughter of —
Kearney, esq. of Cashel, by his wife, Joan, daugh-
ter and co-heir of James Sail, esq. of Meldrum" in
Tipperary, and had issue,
i. John, his heir.
ii. Thomas, who settled in the county of Cork,
where he m. Miss Orpen, and had issue.
m. Catherine, m. to William Nicholson, esq.
of Cappaghnagerane, in the county of Tip-
perary, and had, with other issue",
1. John-Nicholson, of Turtola, in the
county of Tipperary, who died leaving
one son, the present William Nichol-
son, esq. of Turtola, and three daugh-
ters.
2. Mary Nicholson, m. to William
Bryan, esq. of Gurteen, county of
Tipperary, and d. 11th February, 1796,
aged eighty.
3. Elizabeth Nicholson, m. to William
Bradshaw, esq. of Corbally, county of
Tipperary.
4. Frances Nicholson, m. to Thomas
Russell, esq. of Ballydavid, county of
Kilkenny, and d. 9th November,
1731, aged nineteen.
5. Sarah Nicholson, m. to the Rev. James
Armstrong, of Clashakeny, a younger
son of Colonel Armstrong, of Meya-
liffe, county of Tipperary.
iv. Mary, m. to David Oldis, esq. of Baliy-
lanigan, in the county of Tipperary, but
left no issue.
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O'SHEE, OF GARDENMORRES.
county of Tipperary, and dying in
1770, aged thirty-five years, her
issue by this marriage became,
through failure of heirs in the male
line, representatives of the family of
Shee of Cloran. Mr. Wright died
23rd February, 1808, aged eighty-
four years, and left, by the heiress of
Shee,
1. Bernard Wright, of Clonmel.
This gentleman was most in-
humanly and unjustly tortured
by the high sherilf of the county
of Tipperary, in 1798 ; he subse-
quently obtained the inadequate
compensation of £500. damages,
in a court of justice. He m, in
1806, Mary, daughter of John
Smith, esq. of Clonmel, and died
9th April, 1821, aged fifty -eight
years, leaving an only child,
John-Bernard Wright.
2. Richard Wright, of Fethard, in
the county of Tipperary (of
which borough he has served the
office of sovereign in the years
1807, 1809, 1821, 1825, 1829,
1833), m. in 1813, Arabella,
daughter of James Hazlitt, esq.
of Fethard, and has issue.
3. John Wright, of Compsey Cot-
tage, m. in 1794, his cousin Mary,
eldest daughter of William Sil-
The eldest son,
John Wright, of Cloneen, in the county of
Tipperary, made his will on 11th May, 1765, by
which he disinherited both his sons, who had em-
braced the Roman Catholic religion. He m.
Sarah, eldest daughter of Bernard Markham, esq.
of Fanningstown, in Kilkenny, (sister of William
Markham, esq. of Newabbey, in the county of
Tipperary, and of Mary Markham, who espoused
Robert Shaw, esq. grandfather of Sir Robert
Shaw, bart. Mr. Wright died 24th June, 1766,
aged seventy-five, leaving issue,
i. John, who was, as above stated, disinhe-
rited by his father for embracing the Ca-
tholic religion. He wedded, as above, Ca-
therine Shee.
n, Bernard (Abbe Wright), a priest, who
resided at Paris, where he died at an ad-
vanced age.
in. Rebecca, died young, in 1741.
iv. Catherine, of Compsey Cottage, in the
county of Tipperary, who m. William Sil-
lito, esq. of Uttoxeter, and had issue. She
d. 28th February, 1823, aged eighty-eight.
v. Margaret, who m. George Miles, esq. of
Summerhill, and had a daughter, Rebecca,
and a son,
The Rev. George Miles, of Summerhill,
lito, of Uttoxeter, by whom he
has had issue,
William W right, in holy or-
ders, a doctor of laws of the
University of Dublin, and
late chaplain at the Cape of
Good Hope, m. in 1831,
Adelaide-Elizabeth, second
daughter of James-Edward
Ford, esq. of London, by
Frances, daughter of the
late major-general Samuel
Stransham, of Faversham,
Kent.
John Wright, d. in the West
Indies.
Richard Wright, in holy or-
ders, bachelor of arts of
the University of Dublin.
Eliza Wright, m. to Kilner
Hazlitt, esq. of Fethard, who
(I. .v. p. in 1832.
Catherine Wright, m. to John
Allan Walker, esq. lieute-
nant in the 65th regiment.
Mary-Anne Wright.
Sarah Wright, d. young.
4. Patrick Wright, d. s. p.
5. Sarah.
vii. Mary, m. to — Graham, esq. of
Ballyeormack. in the county of Car-
low, and d. s. p.
who m. a daughter of Garret Neville,
esq. of Anamult, in the county of Kil-
kenny, and niece of Sir R. A. Hodg-
son, bart. by whom he left five daugh-
ters, his co-heirs, viz.
Mary Miles.
Margaret Miles.
Melsina Miles, wedded, in 1833,
the Rev. Hugh Prior, second son
of the Rev. Thomas Prior, D.D.
of Prior's Lodge, in the county
of Tipperary, vice-provost of Tri-
nity College, Dublin.
Elizabeth Miles, m. to Manley Sem-
ple, esq. of Clonmel.
Georgiana-Rebecca Miles.
vi. Mary, m. to Robert Constable, esq. of
Lawlesstown, and had issue,
vii. Rebecca, afterwards of Cloneen, m. to
Patrick Dalton, esq. of Harristown, in
Kilkenny, and d. s. p. m.
The arms of the Wright family are arg. on a
pale gu. between two crosses moline az. an eagle
displayed or, with which they quarter the arms of
Shee, of Cloran, which are the same as those of
O'Shee of Gardenmorres, except the three last
quarterings, in place of which they quarter the
arms of Masterson, Mainwaring, and Kyvelioc.
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HALLIDAY, OF WILTS AND SOMERSETSHIRE.
HALLIDAY, SIMON-WELMAN, esq. one of the lords of the manor of Camber-
well-Buckingham, in the county of Surrey, now residing at Brompton Hall, in Mid-
dlesex, is representative of the Somersetshire branch since 1805, and head of the
family since 1823.
Utage. .
This Vale was then thickly wooded, and
the deer and the wild'boar could be chased
from " the Devil's Punch Bowl to Annan
Water Foot," without once emerging
from the Forest. With the settlement
of this people on the borders of the two
kingdoms, began that harassing and petty
warfare which may be said to have con-
tinued until long after the Union ; and tra-
dition affirms, that " a holyday" became the
warcry or sloggan of the chief and people
o£ Annandale, whenever they made a
" raide" or foray upon the Saxon border —
for they accounted every day holy, that
was spent in ravaging the enemy's country.
The wars that in aftertimes so fiercely
raged between two neighbouring and rival
nations, thus arose from the hatred that
existed and long continued to exist between
two distinct people, the Saxon and the Gaul,
the oppressor and the oppressed. The Clan,
when provisions became scarce were sum-
moned to make a holyday, and in proof of
the probability of this origin of the name,
the eminence where the " Annandale Moss
Troopers," were accustomed to assemble
when a foray into England was ordered,
still retains the designation of the Halliday
Hill. Whether this derivation be correct
or not, there are now no means of ascer-
taining—but the evidence is complete, that
the chieftain, who first assumed the sur-
name, had his castle or strong tower, near
the source of the River Annan, and about
two or three miles above the present flou-
rishing village of Moffat, so celebrated for
its mineral waters ; at the Corehead the
ruins of this castle may still be traced, and
there we may suppose that generation after
generation had lived in Celtic greatness as
chiefs, and had hunted the wolf and the wild
boar in the woody vale, when the more
profitable pursuit of Saxon beeves was not
necessary or advisable.
On the accession of David, the first of
his name, to the throne of Scotland, a new
era may be said to have arisen ; not only
new laws but a new race of people were
introduced into the country. David had
resided, during the greater part of his bro-
ther's reign, at the court of the Norman
conquerors of England, and had married
the heiress of Waltheof Earl of Hunting-
This family, which is of remote antiquity,
bears one of the earliest British surnames
upon record ; familiar now for more than
six hundred years on either side of the
Tweed, but originally adopted, according
to tradition, as well as authenticated written
evidence, on the Scottish Border. The peo-
ple, whom it came to designate, are repre-
sented, by the same testimony, as a portion
of the Ulster Criithene, which about the
beginning of the ninth century, crossed the
Irish Channel, and reconquered from the
Saxons the greater part of their original
possessions in the south of Scotland. These
lands known in our time as the district of
Galloway, Dumfriesshire, and part of
Peebles, formed, in conjunction with La-
nark and Renfrew, the Celtic kingdom of
Strath Cluyd, where in some of the most
remote districts, until very recently, the
Gaelic or Irish language was constantly
spoken. The Cruithene, so called from the
Celtic word, " Cruiteneach," to paint, had
been driven into Ireland by the Roman
Conquerors and had taken possession of the
province of Ulster ; but becoming in pro-
cess of time too numerous for their new
settlement, adventured to regain from the
Saxons, a portion of that territory from
which the Romans had expelled their fore-
fathers. Victorious, — the conquered coun-
try, was divided amongst their leaders :
arid the Vale or Dale of the River Annan,
the portion of one of these chieftains,
was taken possession of by his followers.
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HALLIDAY, OF WILTS AND SOMERSETSHIRE.
don and Northumberland, to which titles
he was in consequence advanced by his royal
brother-in-law in 1130. Hence, in habits
and feelings, he became a Norman himself,
and finding his Scottish crown surrounded
with many thorns, and the Celtic tribes
more ready to fight for independence,
than to submit to control, he prevailed
upon as many as he could of the younger
sons of the Norman barons to accom-
pany him into Scotland. In this David
was actuated by more than one motive, for
while they could not fail to enliven his court,
and by their better breeding and greater
polish tend to soften and civilize the man-
ners of the Scotch, they would, at the same
time, form a very efficient body guard and
enable him to raise and dicipline an army
with more advantage than could be done
by the natives. Amongst the many young
men of noble birtb but scant fortune, that
accompanied King David, was Robkrt de
Brlis, a son of the Baron of Cleveland,
who as a reward for thus exiling himself
from "merry England," received a grant
of the Valla de Annan, to be held of the
Kings of Scotland, " per jus Gladii" — and
there he erected and fortified a castle. The
Border Celts were a warlike, though at all
times an undisciplined people, and subdued
and heart-broken in their own territory, it
may naturally be supposed they sought for
adventure on some other shore. The Nor-
man yoke must have been felt most acutely —
and certain it is, that almost every man able
to bear arms within the Stewartry (as it
was now called) of Annandale, joined the
standard of the Earl of Huntingdon, and
accompanied the lion-hearted Richard to
the Holy Land.* But even previous to this
levy " en masse," many of the Halliday
clan had returned to Ireland, or fled into
the wilds of Galloway, where their valour
long kept the Norman at bay. It is not
required to follow the history of the legions
which King Richard led to Palestine —
while the illfated monarch was in capti-
vity, the Earl of Huntingdon returned to
England with all that remained of the British
force — and such was the jealousy of the
two factions, or rather the faction of Prince
John, which then disturbed the peace of
the kingdom, that this little band of worn
out, but distinguished warriors, was dis-
charged and dispersed over the kingdom.
Among these veterans, there must have been
seen many of the name of Halliday, for
we very soon afterwards find the surname
common in several counties in England,
holding freehold lands of the sovereign, as
also vassals of superior lords.
* Of the five thousand men sent by William
of Scotland to join King Richard, one thousand
were from Annandale, and almost all Hallidays.
In 1240, a Walter Halliday stands in
the Exchequer Rolls, as lord of a manor,
called St. Botolph, in Kent, and a William
Halliday is mentioned in 1278, as pos-
sessing Trivil, in the same county. In
1298, Thomas Halliday, and in 1305, John
Halliday represented the town of Bedford
in parliament. About this period also a
Gerard Halliday, and four others of his
name are mentioned as land holders in the
hundred of Lackford, county of Suffolk.
Others stand recorded as proprietors of the
parishes of " Wardeboys," or " Warboys,"
and Caldicote, in Huntingdonshire ; and of
Bampton-Pogvs, Oxfordshire.
In 1338,
John Halliday, of Pontefract. was sum-
moned to attend his sovereign, Edward III.
with twenty bowmen, and men at arms (to
be paid by him) in the wars against the
Scots. In 1435,
Thomas HALLIDAY, of Pontefract, com-
manded five hundred archers in Sir John
Shirley's division of the English army, at
the battle of AGINCOURT. In 1470,
WALTER Halliday, called " The Min-
strel," became master of the revels to Ed-
\\ \rd IV., and acquired lands in the pa-
rish of Rodborough, in the county of Glou-
cester, which are still held by his descen-
dants. He was father of
Henry Halliday, styled of Minchin
Hampton, who m. a daughter of — Payne,
of Payne's Court, and left four sons, viz.
i. Henry, his successor.
II. Edward, of Rodborough, in Glou-
cestershire, m. and had, with four
other sons and one daughter, Rose,
m. to Payne, of Payne's Court,
William, of Rodborough, a person
of considerable note, who wedded
Sarah, aunt of Sir John Brydges,
created in 1554, Baron Chandos,
of Sudlev,and was s. by his son,
Sir Leonard Halliday, who,
at his father's decease, was
sent to London, where he
rose to be sheriff, and, in
1605, was lord mayor, and
knighted by King James I.
Stowe, in his annals, states
how Sir Leonard converted
the Moorfields, then " a per-
fect lystal," in the vicinity
of London, into the beauti-
ful and fashionable gardens
which they were in after-
times, and so little agreeable
was this labour to the men
employed, that they adopted
a term for all hard toil, by
calling it like the improve-
ments of Moorfields, " Holy-
dag-work." Sir Leonard m.
Anne, daughter and heiress
HALLIDAY, OF WILTS AND SOMERSETSHIRE.
129
of William Winhold, or
Wincot, esq. of Langham,
in Suffolk, by whom (who
wedded for her second hus-
band, Henry, the great Earl
of Manchester) he left an
only son,
John Halliday, esq. of
London, who m. Alice,
daughter of Alderman
Ferrars, and dying vita
patris, left a son,
John Halliday, of
Bromley, in Mid-
dlesex, who »/.
Mary, daughter of
Henry Rolt, of
Darent, in Kent,
and had one son,
John, aged twenty-
three in 1664, and
a daughter, Eliza,
ill. William, of Stroud, in Gloucester-
shire, who had one son,
Theobald. See the Hallidays,
of Scotland.
iv. John. See Halliday, of Frome
Hall.
The eldest son,
Henry Halliday, married and had (with
another child, Edward, who d. unmarried)
a son,
Thomas Halliday, esq. of Kings Stanley,
father of
Lawrence Halliday, some time mayor
of the city of Gloucester, who wedded Jane,
daughter of Thomas Pury, and had issue,
William, a merchant of London, chosen
in 1617, one of the sheriffs of that
city, and, in the following year elected
alderman of Cripplegate Ward. This
gentleman was the first chairman of
the United East India Company. He
m. Susanna, sister of Sir Henry
Rowe, of Shacklewell, and by her
(who wedded, secondly, Robert Rich,
Earl of Warwick, admiral of the
seas, and d. 1645) left at his decease,
14th March, 1623, aged fifty-eight,
(being buried, with his relict and
elder dau. in St. Lawrence Jewry,
where a handsome monument is
erected to their memory*) two daugh-
ters, his co-heirs, viz.
Anne, to whom her father be-
queathed £14000, married to Sir
Henry Mildmay, of Wanstead,
Essex, keeper of the Jewel Office,
who d. in 1656, and had two sons
and three daughters.
Margaret, to whom her father
likewise devised £14000, m. to
* The monument of Mr. Alderman Halliday,
in St. Lawrence Jewry, (sketched here) bears the
Sir Edward Hungerford.of Cors-
ham, in Wilts. This lady founded
a magnificent alms house, at
Corsham.
Samuel, of whom presently.
John, to whom his brother, William,
bequeathed £50 a year.
Margaret, m. to Mr. Jasper Clutter-
booke.
The second son,
Samuel Halliday, esq. to whom his
brother, Mr. Alderman Halliday, devised
£1000, was father of
William Halliday, esq. who m. and had
issue,
Edward.
Giles, of Wedington, near Devizes,
ancestor of the Hallidays, of Urch-
font and Sutton Veney, extinct in
1827.
Richard, progenitor of a branch seated
at Bradford, Wilts.
Dorothy, m. to Matthew Cooke, of
Frome.
The eldest son,
Edward Halliday, esq. of Warminster,
b. in 1625, m. first, Mary, daughter of John
Pilton, of Warminster, and had a son,
Edward, b. in 1659, who settled at
Frome, in Somersetshire, and marry-
ing Mary, daughter of John Hippie,
became ancestor of the Hallidays,
of Frome, extinct in 1823.
Edward Halliday wedded, secondly, Mrs.
Elizabeth Gardner, but by that lady (who d.
in 1662) had no issue. He espoused, thirdly,
Mary, daughter of John Barton, of War-
minster, and had issue,
John.
following inscription. " In or near this church
lyeth interred the body of William Halyday.
alderman of the city of London, &:c. who died
14th March, 16iJ.'3, being a worthy magistrate of
this city, who, for his piety, charity, and prudence,
deserves immortal fame."
130
HALLIDAY, OF WILTS AND SOMERSETSHIRE.
William, of London, predeceased his
father.
Mary, b. in 1665, m. to John Higden,
esq. of London, and d. in 1741.
Susanna, b. in 1675, til. to John Bennett,
esq. of Smallbrook, and d. in 1763.
Mr. Halliday died in 1701-2, and his widow
5th February, 1723. His elder son, by his
third marriage,
John Halliday, esq. of Yard House, in
the county of Somerset, and of Tilshed, near
Devizes, Wilts, b. in 1671, espoused Mary,
daughter of Edmund Trowbridge, esq. of
Lyppeyeate, by whom (who d. 9th May,
1732) he had issue,
i. Trowbridge, b. in 1706, d. young.
II. John, s. to his father,
in. Edward, b. in 1712, d. in infancy.
IV. Edmund, b. in 1716, who m. Mary,
only dau. of William Jones, of Sher-
borne, and dying in 1744, left issue,
Edmund, b. in 1714, who »i. Joan-
na, daughter of John Ricketts,
esq. of Gosport, and died at
Dinan, in Brittany, 24th March.
1832, leaving a son and suc-
cessor,
John-Edmund, now of War-
minster, who m. Mary-Jane,
eldest daughter of Dr. John
Seagram, of Warminster.
Mary, d. unm, 1807.
v Margaret, > b fl rf
VI. Mary, ) J
Mr. Halliday d. 17th June, 1737, and was
s. by his eldest son,
John Halliday, esq. of Yard House, who
for his attachment to the reigning family,
was appointed high sheriff of Somersetshire,
when Charles-Edward advanced to Derby,
in 1745. Mr. Halliday filled, for many
years, with ability and integrity, the duties
of chairman of the quarter sessions, and at
the general election in 1754, when party
spirit ran high, was returned to parliament,
at the head of the poll, for the borough of
Taunton ; having caught, however, a severe
cold during the contest, he was carried off by
an inflammation of the lungs, prior to taking
his seat. He had vi. 1737, Alary, dau. of
Isaac Welman, esq. of Poundisford Park,*
in the county of Somerset, and had issue,
i. John, his heir.
n. Simon, of Iford Park, in Wilts, and
subsequently of Westcombe Park, in
Kent, an eminent banker of the city of
London, b. in 1738, m. Jane, daughter
* In 1811, Mr. Simon Welman Halliday be-
came beir-at-law to the Poundisford estate, at the
decease, issueless, of Thomas Welman's only
daughter, the wife of the Hon. Charles Noel (now
Lord Harham). Mr. Thomas Welman, however,
subsequently remarried, and left a son and heir,
now a minor.
of John Bythesea. esq. of Weake
House, in the county of Wilts, and
dying 18th May, 1791, left issue,
1. Simon-Welman, now represen-
tative of the family.
2. Mary.
3. Harriet, m. to the Rev. Joseph
Griffith, of Brompton Hall, Mid-
dlesex, rector of Turvey, in Bed-
fordshire, and has one daughter,
Harriet.
4. Elizabeth, m. to Michael Dicker
Sanders, esq. of Exeter.
5. Jane, m. Sir John Dyer, K.C.B.
colonel of the royal artillery,
first cousin to the present Sir
Thomas Swinnerton Dyer, bart.
and has issue,
Thomas Dyer, who m. Miss
Clement, daughter of Col.
Clement, of the royal ar-
tillery, and has one son,
Swinnerton - Halliday
Dyer, b. in 1833.
Richard Dyer, d. young.
Jane Dyer, married to Colonel
Greentree, E.I.C.S. and is
deceased.
Eliza Dyer, ?n. to Thomas Dil-
lon Hearne, esq. of Hearnes-
brook, in the county of Gal-
way.
6. Louisa, m. first, to General
Sproule, R.A. and secondly, to
Frederick Caulfield, esq. of
Faulkner House, Gloucester-
shire.
III. Edmund Trowbridge, of Chapel
Cleeve, in Somersetshire, b. 26th Oc-
tober, 1743, who m. Jane, daughter of
the Rev. Tilleman Hodgkinson, and
left issue,
1. John, of Chapel Cleeve, m.
Anne, dau. of General Dyer,
and dying in 1826, left three sons
and four daughters,
John.
George-Edmund.
William-Leonard.
Jane.
Anne.
Susan.
Elizabeth.
2. Trowbridge, in holy orders, now
of Yard House.
3. Mary-Elizabeth, m. to Peter
Rickards-Mynors, esq. of Treago,
(see vol. i. p. 86).
iv. Mary, d. unmarried.
v. Eleanor, d. in 1805, aged sixty-six,
unmarried.
vi. Elizabeth, d. in 1830, aged eighty-
six, unmarried.
VII. Prudence, d. unmarried.
HALLIDAY, OF RODBOROUGH.
131
Mr. Halliday d. 9tli June, 1754, aged forty-
four, and was s. by his eldest son,
John Halliday, esq. of Yard House, a
partner with his brother, Simon, in the
banking house of Halliday, Duntze, and Co.,
and representative, for "many years, of the
borough of Taunton. This gentleman suf-
fered a recovery and alienated the estates.
He d. unm. in April, 1805, aged sixty-eight,
when the representation of the family de-
volved upon his nephew, the present Si mon-
Welman Halliday, esq. who had succeeded
his father, 18th May, 1791. Mr. Simon-
Welman Halliday was heir of entail to the
Yard Estate,* as well as his father's pro-
perty, but his grandmother surviving his
father, who was her second son, the elder
son, John Halliday, was then enabled
(Mrs. Halliday, the mother, and her trustees
joining) to suffer a recovery, and obtained
possession. He subsequently mortgaged
* The Yard estate was entailed by Mr. S. W.
Halliday's great grandfather, on the marriage of
his eldest son, John.
the estate to the late firm of Messrs. Ran-
som and Co. the bankers, and it eventually
came to the hammer, when Edmund-Trow-
bridge Halliday, esq. the third brother, pur-
chased one part, and his sisters the other.
Of which latter portion he subsequently
became possessed under the will of those
ladies.
Arms— Sa. three helmets arg. garnished
or, within a border engrailed of the second,
granted temp. Edward IV. confirmed 1605^
quartering the ensigns of Trowbridge, viz.
or, on a bridge of three arches in fesse gu.
masoned sa. the streams transfluent ppr. a
fane arg.
Crest — A demi-lion rampant or, holding
an anchor az.
Motto — Quarta saluti.
Residence — Brompton Hall, Middlesex,
the seat of his sister, Mrs. Griffith.
%* Of the Somersetshire branch of the
family was the learned Barton Halliday,
his portrait is still in the possession of Mr.
S. W. Halliday.
HALLIDAY, OF RODBOROUGH.
HALLIDAY, WILLIAM, esq. of Rodborough, in the county of Gloucester, m. in
1792, Sophia, daughter of the Rev. Peter Hawker, of Woodchester, in that shire.
This gentleman, a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for Gloucestershire, succeeded to
the Halliday property at the decease of his father, in 1804, and inherited, upon the de-
cease of his mother and uncle, the estates of the families of Spilman and Gyde.
John Halliday, of Minchin Hampton,
(fourth-son of Henry Halliday, who m. a
daughter of Payne, of Payne's Court) was
father of
John Halliday, esq. of Minchin Hamp-
ton, whose son,
Henry Halliday, esq. of Minchin
Hampton, wedded Mary, dau. of Robert
Mills, of Red Marley, in the county of
Hereford, and was s. by his son,
John Halliday, esq. of London, who m.
Mary, daughter of — Bowler, of Kent, and
was father of
JohnHalliday, esq. of Bromley, in Kent,
was s. by his only son,
William Halliday, esq. of Bowlehill,
This gentleman resided in the same house
in which the lord mayor had been born.
He espoused, first, Miss Driver, of Aston,
in Kent, and secondly, Miss Blanch, of
Wootten, and dying in 1715, had a son and
successor,
William Halliday, esq. of Bowlehill,
Rodborough, in the county of Gloucester,
who m. Miss Gyde, of Rodborough, an
heiress, and thus acquired additional pro-
perty in that parish. He was s. by his son,
William Halliday, esq. of Bowlehill,
Rodborough, Gloucestershire. This gentle-
man wedded Catherine, dau. of Nathaniel
Beard, esq. and Ann Spilman, his wife,
heiress of that ancient family seated at
Spilman's Court, and left at his decease, in
1804, an only child, the present William
Halliday, esq. of Rodborough, and Froom
Hall.
Arms — See Halliday, of Wilts and So-
merset.
Crest — A demi-lion rampant reguardant
or, holding an anchor azure.
Estates— In the Vale of Gloucester, at
Minchin Hampton, and chiefly in the parish
of Rodborough. Rodborough Hill, a beau-
tiful and striking object, hanging as it were
132
HALLIDAYS, OF SCOTLAND.
over the town of Stroud, and where there
have been erected sham battlements, belongs
to Mr. Halliday. On this hill the Romans
had a watch tower, and it formed an out-
post for their camp at Woodchester.
Seat — Froom Hall, about half a mile from
Stroud, and on the banks of the Stroud
water.
HALLIDAYS, OF SCOTLAND.
Halliday, of Tullibole,no\v i Stewartry
of Berng-aw, > of Annan-
Halliday, of Whinnyrig. * dale.
Halliday, of Castlemains, ) Stewartry
Halliday, of Chapman- > of Kirkcud-
town, ) bright.
It is now ascertained by documentary
evidence the most authentic that, although
the last Laird of Corehead, undoubtedly the
chief of all who bore the name of Halliday,
and the lineal representative of the first
Celtic warrior who assumed it, left no heir
male of his body, and that the direct Scot-
tish line failed between the years 1400 and
1450, yet that Walter, " the minstrel,"
(master of the revels to Edward IV.) was a
younger son of the Annandale Chieftain.
William Halliday, third son of Henry
Halliday, of Minchin Hampton, and grand-
son of Walter, the minstrel, was presumed
to have been father of
Theobald Halliday, who lived contem-
poraneously with William Halliday, of Rod-
borough. He went to Holland, and there
married — Hay, heiress of Tolyboll, in the
county of Fife, only daughter of Colonel
Hay, of the service of the states general,
and was s. by his son,
John Halliday, educated in Holland,
who inherited at the decease of his mother
the lands of Tolyboll, and established him-
self there. It would appear that this John
Halliday was a person of some distinction,
for he was in great favor with King James
VI. who during the progress of the court
from Stirling to Falkland, in his youthful
days, often slept at Tulliebole House, mid-
way on the journey, and is said to have
conferred the honor of Knighthood upon
the Laird.* His second son,
William Halliday, who became provost
of Dumfries, and one of its representatives
in parliament, had the honor of entertaining
the same monarch, at his house in that
Royal Burgh, after the king's accession to
The estate of Tulliebole remained in the
descendants of the eldest son of this Sir John
Halliday, until 1722, when Catherine, daughter
of John Halliday, wedded the Rev. Archibald
Moncrieff, and conveyed it to that family, non-
represented by her great grandson, the present
Sir James Wellwood Moncrieft', bart. of Tullie-
bole.
the crown of England, in his majesty's last
visit to Scotland. The provost died at a
good old age, leaving a numerous progeny
by his wife, a daughter of Gabriel Johnston,
a merchant and burgess of Dumfries. One
of his sons,
Thomas Halliday, came into England,
but returned to Scotland, anno 1679, in the
army of the Duke of Monmouth, which had
been raised to quell the rebellion of the
Covenanters ; finding however that all his
kinsmen were on the side of Presbytery,
he left the king's service. He m" Miss
Wright, an heiress of the Four Towns, with
whom he acquired some property at Bern-
gaw, in the county of Dumfries, and settled
there. By this lady he had issue,
i. William, his heir,
n. Simon, who acquired the lands of
>\ hinnyrig, on the banks of the
Solway Frith, and by Gracie, daugh-
ter of of Dumfries, had several
sons, of whom, Simon, the second
son, became an eminent ship builder,
and had an only daughter, who ?n.
Captain David Scott, R.N. of Aber-
deen, and left two daughters, Jane
and Margaret Scott. The eldest son,
John, inherited Whinnyrig, and
was s. by his elder son,
Robert Halliday, of Whinnyrig,
who m. Helen Douglas, niece of
Sir John Douglas, bart. of Kil-
head, but leaving no issue, was
*. by his brother,
Simon Halliday, of Whinnyrig,
a naval surgeon, and afterwards
banker in London. He wedded
Miss Harvie, only daughter of
Thomas Harvie, esq. of Jamaica,
by Anne, his wife, subsequently
Lady Farquhar, and d. in 1829,
having had two sons and two
daughters, viz.
1. George, a partner with his
father in the banking of
Herries, Farquhar, Halli-
days, and Co. who d. unm.
in 1820.
2. Walter, in holy orders,
now of Whinnyrig, in Dum-
fries, and of Linton, in
Devon, m. in 1831, Anne,
daughter of — Gardiner,
esq. of Edinburgh.
3. Anne, in. to W. G. John-
stone, esq. now a banker at
Florence, and d. leaving
i^sue.
4. Elizabeth, m. to Sir Wil-
liam-Richard Cosway, knt.
of Bilsington, in Kent, and
has one son, William Halli-
day^ Cosway, and several
daughters.
TOLSON, OF BRIDEKIRKE.
133
The elder son,
William Halliday, esq. of Berngaw,
wedded Miss Bell, of the Bells of Middle-
bie, and left three sons and two daughters,
viz. Thomas, John, Walter, Jane, and
Bridget. He was s. in 1745, by the eldest,
Thomas Halliday, esq. of Berngaw,
who TO. Margaret, daughter of Archibald
Porteous, Portioner of the Copewood, and
died in 1804, leaving an only surviving son,
the present,
Sir Andrew Halliday, K.G.H. deputy
inspector general of army hospitals, &c. &c.
one of his majesty's justices of the peace
for the county of Middlesex,* a Fellow of
the Colleges of Physicians of London and
Edinburgh, and of many Royal and Learned
Societies, m. Helen Carmichael, daughter of
Peter Carmichael, esq. merchant in the city
of Edinburgh.
Note — Mr. Halliday, of Chapmanton,
and Doctor Alexander Halliday, of Cal-
cutta, are of the Galloway line of the family.
Doctor Halliday, who distinguished himself
as a physician at Moscow, and left several
sons, derived from a junior branch of the
Corhead family, that never left Annandale,
and whose representative is now a most
respectable farmer, near Moffat.
* Arms borne by Sir Andrew Halliday.
TOLSON, OF BRIDEKIRKE.
TOLSON, RICHARD-HENRY, esq. F.S.A. of Woodland Lodge, in the county of
Somerset, and of Bridekirke, in Cumberland, a major in
His Majesty's service, and late of the 2nd regiment of
Life Guards, baptized, at St. Martin's in the Fields,
London, 29th July, 1776, m. 17th June, 1797, Jane,
eldest daughter of John Collins, esq. of Hatch Court, in
Somersetshire, and sister of Henry Powell Collins, esq.
M.P. for Taunton in 1820, by whom (who died in 1808)
he has an only child,
Jane-Dinniss-Tolson Tolson, b. at Hatch Court, and
baptized at Hatch-Beauchamp, in Somersetshire,
married at St. Mary Magdaline, Taunton, 22nd
May, 1819, to Richard Harcourt Symons, esq.
of Fairfield Lodge, in the county of Dorset, second
son of the late Thomas Symons, esq. of Mynde Park,
in the county of Hereford, and has an only surviving
daughter,
Ma r y-Louisa Symons, baptized at Lyme-Regis, in
the county of Dorset, 6th March, 1820.
Major Tolson s. at the decease of his father, the 12th June, 1815, and petitioned his
majesty, in 18-30, for a writ of summons, as heir, through the Saviles,* to the
Barony of Darcy, of Darcy.
Umrncte.
This family claims importance in the
Saxon era of our history, and its founder,
Henricus, is said, in proof of his rank in
Saxon times, to have been one of those great
persons who in the upper part of his hall
had a Dais to receive and entertain his
guests, and at the lower end a bower or
recess, wherein he might himself repose,
with a streamlet flowing through the pre-
mises into the river Derwent, in which he
* The Hon. Ann Darcy, m. Thomas Savile, and her descendant, Marcaret Savile, wedded
HtNilY ToiSON.
134
TOLSON, OF BRIDEKIRKE.
is stated to have baptized his children, in
the forest of Kokermouth, in Cumbri, in the
district of Cumberland, being part of the
Brigantes, and ancient kingdom of the North-
umbers. This Henricus had lands granted
from Gulielmi de Koknat, as appears by
deed, bearing date 859, which lands were
called Koknat and Derwent, and were
granted from Alice de Vumeley, daughter
of Gulielmi, son" of Latcey, to the said
Gulielmi. The fifth in descent from Hen-
ricus, another
Henricus, assumed the surname of " De
Tolson," and was s. by his son,
Henricus de Tolson, who was found
guilty of high treason in the time of Ed-
ward I. but received a free pardon from
that monarch. He held lands at Bryde-
kirk, in Cumberland, appertaining to the
Monastery of Gysburne, in the county of
York. His lineal descendant,
Henry Tolson, esq. at the dissolution of
the Monastery of Gysburne, temp. Henry
VIII. obtained a grant, by patent from the
crown, dated 29th July, in the 35th year of
that king's reign, of the manor of Bryde-
kirke, to himself and his heirs for ever.
His son and successor,
Henry Tolson, esq. was sheriff of the
county of Cumberland, in the 17tli ELIZA-
BETH, and was seized of the manor of
Brydekirke, in 1590. He had two sons,
Richard, his heir.
John, Provost of Oriel College, Ox-
ford.
The elder son,
Richard Tolson, esq. of Bridekirke, es-
poused Eleanor,* only daughter of Francis
Lamplugh, esq. of Dovenby, in the county
of Cumberland, and had issue, (see Sir
William Dugdale's visitation for Cumber-
land, in 1665),
I. Henry, his heir.
II. Lancelot, of Bridekirk, citizen and
merchant taylor of London, to. Mary,
daughter of Thomas Hales, esq. of
Beakesborne, in the county of Kent,
and left an only son,
Thomas Tolson, of Beakesborne,
who wedded Elizabeth, daughter
of Sir John Roberts, knt. of
Cranbrook and Canterbury, and
dying 18th February, 1686, (will
proved 15th May, following) had
issue,
1. Thomas, d. s. p. 9th May,
1689.
2. John, of Staple Inn, Lon-
don, gent, baptized 5th Oc-
* This lady's eight brothers dying issueless,
she became eventually sole heiress. See her
brother, Sir Thomas Lamplugh's will, proved in
the prerogative of Canterbury, London, 17th
February, 1634.
tober, 1670, to. — daughter
of Samuel Plummer, esq.
and d. s. p. 22nd Septem-
ber, 1713. Will proved in
the prerogative court of
Canterbury, 30th of the
same month.
3. Lancelot, of Plastow, in
Kent, esq. baptized 24th
September, 1673, died with-
out issue, buried at St. But-
tolph, Aldersgate, London,
in 1827. Will proved at
prerogative court of Canter-
bury, 6th June, 1727, en-
tailed his estates upon his
nephew, Lancelot Tolson
Tilly.
4. Mary, m. to Charles Ham-
mond, esq. and d. s. p.
5. Mary, m. to Joseph Tilly,
esq. of the Middle Temple,
London, by whom (who d.
in June, 1741, administra-
tion granted to his widow,
Mary, in 1742 and 1743)
she had (with a daughter,
Mary Tilly, who (/. s. p.) an
only son,
Launcelot Tolson Tilly,
of Beckenham, in Kent,
esq. who died 20th
November, 1741, (will
proved 6th September,
1743) leaving by his
wife, Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Gabriel Best-
man, esq. an only child,
Elizabeth Tolson
Tilly, who d. unm.
and was buried at
Beckenham, 26th
Sept. 1743, admi-
nistration granted
to her mother the
same year,
ill. Jane, m. to the Rev. William Fair-
fax, rector of Bolton, in Cumberland.
IV. Frances.
v. Mary.
VI. Catherine, to. to Sir John Dalston,
knt. of Dalston Hall, in Cumber-
land.
VII. Jane,
vm. Frances.
Richard Tolson, who was seized of the
manors of Brundholme, Bridekirke, and
Papcastle, in the county of Cumberland,
was buried at Bridekirke, 26th May, 1650,
and was s. by his son,
Henry Tolson, esq. of Bridekirke.
This gentleman served the office of sheriff
for the county of Cumberland, in the 23rd
Charles I. and was member of parliament
for that shire. He to. Margaret, daughter
and sole heir of Henry Savile, esq. of
TOLSON, OF BRIDEKIRKE.
135
Wath-upon-Dearne, in the county of York,
and dying in October, 1663, (he was buried
at Bridekirke, on the 30th of that month)
left an only son and heir (see the will of
her father, Henrv Savile, proved at York,
17th September, 1641),
Richard Tolson, esq. of Bridekirke, b.
in 1623, of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law,
and a justice of the peace, and quorum in the
county of Westmorland, high sheriff for the
county of Cumberland, M.P. for Cocker-
mouth, in the parliaments of the 12th and
13th of Charles II. and receiver-general
to the Queen, m. Anne, aged forty-two, in
1665, daughter of Gilbert Gregory, esq. of
Barnby-upon-Dun, in the county of York,
(marriage settlement dated 13th June, 1672)
by whom (who d. in March, 1714) he had
issue,
I. Henry, his heir.
ii. Richard, b. in 1658, barrister-at-
law, of Lincoln's Inn, defendant in
a cause in chancery with his brother
Henry, in 1703, m. Sarah, daughter
of — and had three daughters, viz.
1. Mary.
2. Sarah, plaintiff in a suit in
chancery with her uncle Francis,
in 1722, buried at Wath, in 1750,
will proved in 1751, d. s. p.
3. Elizabeth, plaintiff in a suit in
chancery with her uncle Francis,
in 1722, died without issue.
Richard was buried at Wath, in 1720.
in. Gregory, baptized 21st April, 1659,
d. in 1682, s. p.
IT. Wilfred, baptized 19th September,
1664, will proved at York, 17th April,
1733, died issueless.
v. Edward, baptized 11th December,
1665, died s. p.
vi. Elizabeth, b. in 1655, m. to Philip
Vincent, esq. of Barnborough, in the
county of York.
vn. Catherine, b. in 1662, d. unm.
viii. buried at Wath, 12th De-
cember, 1693, unm.
IX. Anne, m. 1st September, 1698, to
John Piccard, esq. of Wath Hall, in
the county, defendant with his brother-
in-law, Richard Tolson, in a cause
in chancery, in 1708, Mrs. Piccard
died issueless.
This Richard Tolson settled, by deed
bearing date 18th June, 1672, enrolled in
chancery 13th February, 1827, 4 P. R. I.
Ensom, the several manors of Bridekirke,
Brundholme, Papcastle,Tallantire,Brough-
ton, Dundraw, in the county of Cumber-
land, and Wath, Brampton, Byerlow, and
Holmefrith, in the parish of Wath-upon-
Dearne, in the county of York, upon his
eldest son, Henry, and Frances, his wife,
for their lives, and their issue in tail, male,
of such marriage, and to his other sons, in
tail, male, and then to his cousin, Thomas
Tolson, esq. of Beakesbourne, in Kent, and
his heirs in tail, and then to his right heirs at
law. He was buried at Wath-upon-Dearne
2nd July, 1690, and was s. by his eldest sonj
Henry Tolson, esq. baptized at Wood-
hall, in the parish of Bridekirke, 15th
April, 1651, entered at St. Alban's Hall,
Oxford, in 1666, m. Frances, daughter of
Sir Wilfred Lawson, bart. of Isell, in the
county of Cumberland, and had one sur-
viving son and two daughters, viz.
Henry, his successor.
Jane, baptized 24th May, 1671.
Malcah, baptized 12th February, 1678.
This gentleman was plaintiff in chancery
with his younger brother, in 1703. He was
buried at Bridekirke, 27th September, 1724,
and was s. by his son,
Henry Tolson, esq. of Woodhall, bap-
tized at Bridekirke, 31st December, 1673,
m. Sarah * and had issue,
Henry, his heir.
William, born at Woodhall, and bap-
tized at Bridekirke, 1st March, 1706.
This gentleman was lieutenant-go-
vernor of Tilbury Fort and Graves-
end. He m. 5th September, 1732,
Margaret, daughter and sole heir of
Patrick Mathewson, esq. of Perth
and Mugdrum, in Scotland, and had
a son and daughter, namely,
Richard, of whom presently, as
representative of the family, at
the decease of his uncle Henry.
Anne, m. to William Prosper
Popple, esq. governor of Ber-
muda.
Governor Tolson having died of
wounds he had received in action,
was buried at St. George's Hanover
Square, 4th September, 1748.
George, born at Woodhall, baptized at
Cockermouth, in Cumberland, 28th
June, 1711. He was of Cheapside,
London, merchant, and married
Sarah, daughter of — Patten, esq.
by whom he had,
Richard, baptized 19th August,
1750, a solicitor, residing at
Lambeth, buried there, 10th Oc-
tober, 1822.
* This marriage is supposed to have been
solemnized at Bridekirke. The leaves of the
parish of Bridekirke church-book having been
torn out or destroyed about this period, it is
proved by an indenture of Fine of Trinity Term,
7 th Anne, without proclamations to bar the wife's
Dower ; and also by the will of Miss Frances
Lawson, proved at Carlisle, 8th April, 1711, and
by a manuscript in the hand writing of the late
Ralph Bigland, esq. who died 1784, now in the
possession of Sir Ralph Bigland, esq. Garter king
of arms.
136
LEITH-HAY, OF RANNES AND LEITH HALL.
Sarah, baptized 11th December,
1748, m. first, William Fairman,
esq. and secondly, — Hill, esq.
She was buried at the cathedral
in Lincoln.
This Henry died seized of the estates under
the settlement of 18th June, 1672. His
death proved by deed dated 6th November,
1734, (enrolled in the court of chancery, 7th
February, 1827). He was s. by his eldest
son,
Henry Tolson, esq. of Woodhall, of the
town of Derby, and of Richmond, in Surrey,
baptized at Bridekirke, 24th February,
1703. This gentleman died a bachelor,
seized of the estates under the settlement
of 18th June, 1672, and was buried at St.
Vedas, Foster Lane, 2nd February, 1673.
He was s. in the representation" of the
family by his nephew,
Richard Tolson, esq. of Weston, in the
county of Somerset, born at Tilbury Fort,
baptized at Milton, near Gravesend, in
Kent, 20th October, 1746. This gentleman,
a lieutenant-general in the armv, was a
minor at the time of his uncle, Henry Tol-
son's decease, and then serving abroad : he
m. at St. Martin's, in the Island of Guern-
sey, 22nd July, 1766, Dinniss Oram, widow,
of St. James's, Westminster, and of ITamp-
stead, Middlesex, by whom, (who was
buried at the latter place, 9th March, 1811)
he had one son and two daughters, viz.
Richard -Henry, who was created
heir in tail, and heir at law of his
great grandfather, Henry Tolson, the
Donee, and Frances, his wife, (under
the settlement of 18th June, 1672)
by virtue of a report, dated 29th
July, 1820, by John Edmund Dow-
deswell, esq. one of the masters in
chancery, and confirmed by a decre-
tal order in chancerv, dated 9th Au-
gust, 1820.
Harriott, m. at St. George's, Hanover
Square, 9th November, 1792, to
Thomas Holland, esq. of Thorn, in the
county of York, (now of York Street,
St. Mary le bone) and has two sons,
Louisa-Christiana.
Lieutenant-general Richard Tolson was
buried at St. James's, Piccadilly, 19th June,
1815, will proved in the prerogative court
of Canterbury, London, on the 30th of the
same month. He was s. by his son, the
present Richard-Henry Tolson, esq. of
Bridekirke, and Woodland Lodge.
Arms — Vert on a chief az. three mart-
lets or, all within a border of the third
pellette.
Crest — Out of a ducal coronet, a lion's
paw holding a plume of feathers.
Motto— -Ferro Comite.
Estates — Woodland Lodge, Somerset,
and Lord of the manor of Bridekirke,
Cumberland.
Seat — Woodland Lodge, and Bridekirke.
LEITH-HAY, OF RANNES AND LEITH HALL.
HAY-LEITH, ALEXANDER, esq. of Rannes and Leith Hall, in the county of Aber-
deen, a general officer in the army, b. 21st
December, 1758, m. in 1784, Mary, daughter
of Charles Forbes, esq. of BallogYe, and has
had issue,
Andrew, lieutenant-colonel in the army,
M. P. for the Elgin district of burghs, m.
in 1816,Mary-Margaret,dauf;ht('r ol Wil-
liam Clark, esq. of Buckland House.
John, captain R.N.
Harriot-Christian, m. to Sir Harry N. Lums-
den, bait, and d. in 1820.
Mary, m. to Major Mitchell, of Ashgrove.
Elizabeth, m. to Alexander Forbes, esq. of
Blackford.
Margaret.
This gallant officers, his elder brother, John Leitii, esq. in 1778, and inherited the
estate of Rannes upon the demise of Andrew Hay, esq. in 1789, when he assumed the
additional surname and arms of Hay.
General Leith-Hay is a deputy-lieutenant and justice of the peace for the county of
Aberdeen. J
LEITII-HAY, OF RANNES AND LEITH HALL.
137
Htneage.
The surname of Leith is deemed of great
antiquity in Scotland, and those who bore
it held, in a remote era, vast possessions,
including the barony of Restalrig, and others
in the shire of Mid Lothian and territory of
Leith, whence it is presumed the name was
ass.uued. The immediate ancestor of the
family before us,
William Leith, of Barnis, living in the
time of David Bruce, and said to have been
the male representative of the Leiths, of
Edingarrock, was provost of Aberdeen in
1350, and proprietor of the lands of Capring-
ton, in Aberdeenshire. He in. a daughter
of Donald, twelfth Earl of Marr, and had
two sons,
Laurence, his heir.
John, ambassador to the court of Eng-
land in 1412, 1413, and 1416, and one
of the commissioners to adjust the
amount of ransom for the release of
James I.
William Leith died some time in the reign
of Robert II. and was buried in the church
of Aberdeen, where his monument, name,
and arms are still extant. He was s. by his
elder son,
Lawrence Leith, of Barnis, in the county
of Aberdeen, and provost of Aberdeen in
1401, 1403, and 1411 ; to which town he pre-
sented their largest bell, on which his name
is still visible. He died in the time of
James II. and was s. by his son,
Norman Leith, who in. Elizabeth, dan.
of William Leslie, fourth Baron of Balqu-
hain, by Agnes Irvine, his wife, daughter of
the Baron of Drum, and had three sons, viz.
Henry, his heir.
Gilbert.
John, ancestor of the Leiths, of Over-
hall.
Norman d. temp. James III, and was s. by
his son,
Henry Leith, of Barnis, who had also
three sons,
George, his heir.
William, successor to his brother.
Patrick, progenitor of the Leiths, of
Harthill.
And dying before the year 1479, was s. by
his eldest son,
George Leith, esq. who possessed many
other lands besides those of Barnis, who
wedded and had two daughters, viz.
Elizabeth, m. to John Forbes, of Towie.
Janet, m. first, to Alexander Seton, of
Meldrum, and secondly, to Sir Alex-
ander Gordon, of Abergeldie. From
the second marriage lineally descends
the present William Gordon, esq
of Haffield (see that family).
Between his two daughters, George Leith,
at his decease, in 1505, divided the lands
of Barnis, &c, but the representation of the
family devolved upon his brother,
William Leith, esq. of Edingarrock,
which estate he had acquired by charter
from George Leslie, of Leslie, dated on the
last day of January, 1499. He m. a daugh-
ter of Gordon, of Strathdon, and was s. by
his elder son,
Patrick Leith, esq. of Edingarrock, who
died without issue, and was succeeded by his
brother,
George Leith, esq. of Edingarrock, who,
in 1550, was served and returned heir male
to his uncle, George Leith, of Barnis, before
John Leslie, of Balquhain, sheriff of Aber-
deen, and an inquest composed of fifteen of
the leading gentlemen in the county. He
died at an advanced age, about the close of
Queen Mary's reign, and was succeeded by
his son,
Patrick Leith, esq. who during the life-
time of his father was designed of Liklie-
head. He espoused Jean, second daughter
of William Leslie, seventh Baron of Balqu-
hain, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of
Sir Walter Ogilvie, of Boyne, and had
issue,
Patrick, his heir.
John, designed of Edingarrock, who
wedded a daughter of John Leslie, of
Wardis, but d. s. p.
Lawrence, successor to his brother,
Patrick.
Henry.
Nicholas, m. to George Leslie, fourth
Laird of Finrassie.
Margaret, m. to Stephen Leslie, fourth
Laird of Warthill.
This Patrick acquired, in his father's time,
the lands of Kirkton de Rain from his bro-
ther-in-law, John Leslie, of Balquhain, on
whose resignation he got a charter from the
Archdean of Aberdeen, dated 13th August,
1561, to which Patrick Leith, of Harthill, is
a subscribing witness. He died in the end
of the reign of James VI. and was s. by his
eldest son,
Patrick Leith, esq. of Edingarrock, who
sold that estate and the lands of Likliehead
to John Forbes, of Leslie. He was after-
wards, anno 1629, enfeoffed in the lands of
Innogathill, upon a precept of clare con-
stat from George, Marquess of Huntly, as
heir to William Leith, of Edingarrock, his
great grandfather. Dying s. p. he was s.
by his brother,
138
LEITH-HAY, OF RANNES AND LEITH HALL.
Laurence Leith, esq. of Kirkton de
Rain, who wadset from the Marquess of
Huntly the lands of Bucharne, where he af-
terwards chiefly resided. He likewise pur-
chased a considerable part of the parish of
Colbrack. He espoused, first, Agnes, third
dau. of Alexander, third Laird of Wardis, by
Margaret, his wife, daughter of Alexander
Forbes, of Towie. By this lady he had no
issue, but by his second wife, Bessie, daugh-
ter of Sir George Gordon, of Cocklarochie,
he had a son and successor,
John Leith, esq. who sold the lands of
Kirkton de Rain, and purchased those of
New Leslie, (whence he was sometimes de-
signed) Peill, Syde, Arnbog, &c. He
wedded Margery, dau. of Arthur Forbes,
fourtli son of the sixth Lord Pitsligo, by
Margaret, his wife, daughter of Alexander
Leslie, fourth Laird of Pitcaple, and had
with two daughters, the elder m. to Lums-
dain, of Cushnie, the younger, to Forbes, of
Culquhary) two sons, namely,
James, his heir.
Alexander, commonly called Hard
Head, on account of his remarkable
personal courage. He obtained from
his father a wadset of the lands of
Bucharne, which wadset was re-
deemed by the family of Gordon,
from John Leith, his son, whose son
thereupon got a lease of Bucharne.
This Alexander was ancestor of the
Leiths, of Bucharne, Blair, &c.
The son and heir,
James Leith, of New Leslie, erected the
mansion-house of Leith Hall, upon the
lands of Peill, which has since continued
the residence and designation of the family.
This gentleman espoused Margaret, daugh-
ter of Alexander Strachan, of Glenkindv,
and had issue,
John, his heir.
Alexander, ancestor of the Leiths, of
Glenkindy and Freefield.
William, d. s. p.
Margaret, m. to Gordon, of Beldomie.
Jean, m. to John Grant, of Tomavillion.
He was succeeded at his decease by his
eldest son,
John Leith, esq. of Leith Hall, who m.
Janet Ogilvie, daughter of George, second
Lord Banff, by Agnes Falconer, his wife,
daughter of Alexander, first Lord Halker-
ton, and had issue,
John, his successor.
Patrick.
George, of Blackball.
Laurence.
Anthony.
Elizabeth, m. to Richard Gordon, esq.
of Craigmile.
Mr. Leith acquiring the whole estate of
Leslie, in the Garroch, regained possession
of the lands of Edingarrock, his ancient pa-
trimonial inheritance. He died in 1727,
and was s. by his eldest son,
John Leith, esq. of Leith Hall, who es-
poused Mary, daughter of Charles Hay,
esq. of Ramies, and dying in 1736, left
(with a daughter, Janet, m. to James Gor-
don, of Ardmilie) a son and heir,
John Leith, esq. of Leith Hall, who
augmented his estate by the lands of Lair
and Ardlair. He m. Harriot, daughter and
heiress of Alexander Steuart, of Auchlun-
cart, and had three sons, viz.
John, > , .
Alexander, ) heirs ln succession.
James (Sir), a lieutenant-general in the
army, G.C.B. K.T.S. grand cordon
of the order of merit of France,
governor of Barbadoes, and com-
mander of the forces in the Wind-
ward and Leeward Islands. Sir
James Leith d. 16th October, 1816.
John Leith died in 1763, and was s. by his
eldest son,
John Leith, esq. of Leith Hall, at whose
decease, without issue, in 1778, the estates
devolved on his brother, Alexander, who,
having succeeded Andrew Hay, of Rannes,
is the present general Alexander Leith
Hay, of Rannes and Leith Hall.
Arms— Quarterly ; first and fourth, or, a
cross crosslet fitchee sa. between three cres-
cents in chief, and as many fusiles in base
banvays gu. ; second and third, quarterly,
first and fourth, arg. three inescutcheons
gu. ; second and third, gu. three cinquefoils
arg.
Crests — A cross crosslet fitchee sa. and a
goat trippant ppr.
Supporters — Two naked men, wreathed
about the loins, each holding in his exterior
hand a club.
Mottoes — Trustie to the end. Spare
nought.
Estates — In Aberdeenshire, obtained by
the family at different periods, commencing
about the year 1300.
Seats — Leith Hall and Leslie House,
Aberdeenshire.
139
CHAYTOR, OF SPENNITHORNE HALL.
CHAYTOR, JOHN-CLERVAUX, esq. of Spennithorne Hall, in the county of
York, b. 9th June, 1782, m. 16th January, 1810, Ann,
eldest daughter and co-heir (with her sister Isabella, wife
of Sir William Chaytor, bart.) of John Carter, esq. of
Tunstall and Richmond, by whom he has had issue,
1. Christopher-William-Carter, b. 1st February,
1814.
2. Mathew-John-Carter, who died young.
3. Charlotte.
4. Anne.
5. Elizabeth.
6. Mary.
Mr. Chaytor is in the commission of the peace for the
North Riding of Yorkshire.
Htnrage.
The family of Clervaux,* is of French
extraction.
Sir Hamon de Clervaulx, accompanied
the Conqueror from Normandy, and was
present at the battle of Hastings. He ac-
quired lands in Botham, in the county of
York, and was s. by his son,
Alban Clerevaulx, who, by his wife,
a daughter of Sir Lambert Bushy, knt. left
a son,
Jordan Clerevaulx, who espoused Ama-
reta, daughter of Lord Nevile, and was s.
by bis son.
John Clerevaulx, who m. Oswalda,
daughter of Sir Adam Bruce, and had a son
and successor,
Thomas Clerevaulx, of Croft, who wed-
ded Timothea, daughter of John Gascoigne,
and was s. by his son,
Robert Clerevaulx, of Croft, who m.
Ann, daughter of Edward Lathby, and was
father of
Sir John Clerevaulx, knt. who espoused
Herodea, daughter of Lord Marmion, and
had a son,
Henry Clerevaulx, of Croft, who by
his wife, Jonatha, daughter of John Nesome,
of Nesome, had three sons, Robert, John,
and Rowland, by the eldest of whom,
Robert Clerevaulx, of Croft, he was
succeeded. This gentleman m. Eve, daugh-
ter of Sir William Fairfax, knt. and had
issue,
Thomas, c ])eir3 in success;on(
* The names of Clervaux and Chateh occur
in the roll of Battell Abbey. The shield of the
Clervaux was stationed in Richmond Castle,
Yorkshire.
IAS, )
John, >
William, rector of Croft.
Simeon, rector of Lithe.
The eldest son,
Sir Thomas Clerevaulx, knt. of Croft,
espoused Constance, daughter of Sir Hugh
Gobion, otherwise daughter of Lord Grey,
of Codnor, but having an only daughter,
Catherine, who died s. p. he was s. by his
brother,
John Clerevaulx, who then became of
Croft. He m. Matilda, daughter of Robert
Cerf, and was s. by his son,
Sir William Clerevaulx, knt. who m.
Ann, daughter of Thomas Scoythley, and
was father of
Sir John Clerevaulx, knt. of Croft,
who m. Eleanor, daughter of Sir Alexander
Percy, and had four sons and five daughters,
viz.
John (Sir), his heir.
Robert, who m. a daughter of — Col-
well, and d. s. p.
Nicholas, d. s. p.
Michael.
Christiana, m. to Thomas Colwell.
Johanna, m. to John Sothills.
Margaret, m. to William Boynton, of
Sedbury, county of York.
Anastasia, m. to Thomas Fitz Henry.
Alice, m. to Sir Thomas Covell, knt.
The eldest son and heir,
Sir John Clerevaux, wedded Beatrix,
daughter of Sir John Mauliverer, and left
issue,
I. John (Sir), his heir.
II. Thomas, who m. Isabell, daughter
140
CHAYTOR, OF SPENNITHORNE HALL.
and co-heir of Hugh Thoresby, esq.
of Thoresby, in the county of York.
III. Richard,
iv. Robert.
v. Agnes, m. to — Studdon.
Sir John was succeeded at his decease by
his eldest son,
Sir John Clervaux, knt. of Croft, who
m. Isabell, daughter of Richard Richmond,
and had issue,
I. John (Sir), his heir.
II. Henry, who died s. p.
in. Thomas, who in. Isabell, daughter
of Robert Conyers, of Socburne, and
had Robert, who died issueless, and
Alice, m. to John Faunt, of Wyston,
in Leicestershire.
iv. Margaret, m. to William Vincent,
of Great Smeaton.
v. Agnes, m. to John Headlam.
vi. Elizabeth, in. to William Lever-
sham, d. s. p.
VII. Beatrix, m. to John Killinghall, of
Nether Middleton.
VIII. Johan, or Katherine, in. to Henry
, Tailboys.
The eldest son,
Sir John Clervaux, knt, of Croft, wed-
ded Margaret, daughter of Sir Ralph Lum-
ley, knt. (summoned to parliament as a
baron, 8th Richard II.) by his wife, Elea-
nor, daughter of John, Lord Nevill, of
Raby, and sister to Ralph, the great Earl
of Westmoreland, (See Burke's Extinct
Peerage) by whom he left at his decease
in 1443, two sons, John, who married, but
died issueless, and
Sir Richard Clervaux, of Croft, one of
the esquires of the body of King Henry
VI. This gentleman in. Elizabeth, dau.
of Sir Henry Vavasor, knt. of Haselwood,
high sheriff of Yorkshire, 10th Edward IV.
by Joan, his wife, (laughter of Sir William
Gascoigne, knt. and widow of Richard
Goldsborough, esq. of Goldsborough. By
this lady Sir Richard had four sons and
five daughters, viz.
i. John,
ii. Marmaduke,
ill. Henry, d. s. p.
iv. Robert.
v. Elizabeth, in. first, to William Fitz
Henry, and secondly, to William
Clarginet.
vi. Margaret, m. to Thomas Laton, of
Saxhow.
vn. Joan, m. to Christopher Aske.
vin. Isabell, in. to William, son and
heir of Sir Roger Conyers, knt.
ix. Beatrix, a nun, at Synyngthwaite.
Sir Richard Clervaux died in 1490, and was
buried in the south aisle of the nave in
Croft church, (the whole of which belonged
to the family of Clervaux) in a tomb of
grey marble, exhibiting on each side the
successive inheri-
tors.
arms of Clervaux, impaling Vavasor, and
covered by a single slab, bearing the fol-
lowing inscription :
Clervaux Ricardus jacet hie sub mannore clausus
Crofte quondam Dominus huic miserere Deus
Anni^er Heurici Regis et pro corpore sexti
Quem Deus excelsi duxit ad astra Poli
Sanguinis Edwardi quarti, teraique Ricardi
Gradibus in ternis alter utrique fuit.*
Qui obiit A.D. 1490.
Sir Richard was s. by his son,
John Clervaux, esq. of Croft, who m.
Jane, daughter of John Hussey, esq. of Slee-
ford, in the county of Lincoln, and had an
only daughter, Margeria, m. to John Fitz
William, esq. of Sprotborough. Dying thus
without male issue, he was succeeded by his
brother,
Marmaduke Clervaux, esq. of Croft,
who espoused Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
James Strangwayes, knt. of Harlesey Castle,
in the county of York, and had two sons and
two daughters, namely, John, his heir, and
William, successor to his niece. Elizabeth,
m. to Percival Lambton, esq. of Belsis, and
Eleanor. Marmaduke Clervaux died 14th
HENRY VII. and was succeeded by his
elder son,
John Clervaux, esq. of Croft, who was
engaged in the battle of Flodden Field, and
mentioned in the poem of that name. He
m. Margaret, daughter of Richard Hansard,
esq. of Walworth, by Elizabeth, daughter
of Thomas Blount, second brother of Wal-
ter, first Lord Mountjoy, and left at his de-
cease, 5th Henry VIII. an only daughter
and heiress,
* The relationship with the royal family is thus
traced : —
John, Lord Nevile, of Raby, K.G. summoned
to parliament from 24th February, 1368, to 28th
July, 1388, wedded Maud, daughter of Lord
Percy, and had issue,
i. Ralph, fourth Baron Nevill, of Raby, who
was, in 1397, advanced, in full parliament,
to the dignity of Earl of Westmoreland.
His lordship m. for his second wife, Joan
de Beaufort, and had, with other issue,
Cicely Nevill, who wedded Richard
Plantagenet, Dike of York, and had,
with other children,
Edward, who ascended the throne
as Edward IV.
Richard, who succeeded to the
crown, as third of the name.
ii. Thomas, summoned to parliament, as Lord
F ami vail.
in. Maud, m. to William, Lord Scroop.
iv. Alice, m. to William, Lord Deincourt.
v. Eleanor, who wedded Ralph, Lord Lum-
ley, and had a daughter,
Ma rga ret Lumi.ey, who »i. Sir John
Clervaux, of Croft, and was mother of
Sir Richard Clervaux, of Croft,
esquire of the body to King
Henry VI.
CHAYTOR, OF SPENNITHORNE HALL.
141
Elizabeth Clervaux, who espoused
Thomas, Baron of Hilton Castle, in the
county of Durham, but dying- without issue,
the estates devolved on her uncle,
William Clervaux, esq. of Croft, who
in. Isabell, daughter of Thomas Belasyse,
esq. of Henknoll, by Margaret, his second
wife, daughter and co-heir of Sir Lancelot
Thirkeld, knt. of Melmerby, in the county
of Cumberland, and had two sons and a
daughter, viz.
Richard, his heir.
John, esquire of the body to Henry
VIII. who d. s. p.
Elizabeth, who eventually became
heiress to her brother, and sole re-
presentative of the family.
The elder son,
Richard Clervaux, esq. of Croft, es-
poused, first, Margery, daughter of William
Killinghall, esq. and secondly, Margery,
daughter of — Plaze, but leaving no issue,
his sister,
Elizabeth Clervaux, became sole heiress
and representative of the Clervaux family.
She married Christopher Chaytor, esq.
of Beautrove, or Butterby, in the county
of Durham, (son of John Chaytor, of New-
castle) born in 1494, and brought up ac-
cording to the custom of those times, in the
family of the great Duke of Somerset. By
this gentleman (who was surveyor-general
of the counties of Durham and Northumber-
land, temp. Queen Elizabeth) the heiress
of Clervaux, had four sons and four daugh-
ters, viz.
i. Anthony Chaytor, of Croft, which
estate he inherited at the decease of
his mother, m. first, Margaret, dau.
of William Witham, esq. of Cliffe, in
the county of York, (see p. 6) but
had no issue. He wedded, secondly,
Margery, dau. of William Thorne-
ton, esq. of Newton, in the same
shire, and had
William, his heir.
Richard, ) , ., ,
Thomas, ' J both rf. ,. />.
Margaret, m. first, to Ralph Hut-
ton, esq. of Mainsworth, in the
county palatine of Durham, and
secondly, to Christopher Rich-
mond, esq. of Highhead Castle,
in Cumberland.
Mary, in to Charles Hutton, bro-
ther of Ralph.
He was s. by his eldest son,
Sir William Chaytor, of Croft,
who received the honor of knight-
hood from King James I. in his
progress to the accession of the
crown of England. He m. Fran-
ces, daughter of Sir James Bel-
lingham, knt. of Levens, in the
county of Westmoreland, and
left
Thomas, his successor.
Henry, a captain, in Ireland,
under Col. George Monk]
(afterwards created Duke
of Albemarle) subsequently
col. and governor of Bolton
Castle, Wensleydale, in
Yorkshire, under the com-
mission of Prince Rupert,
which place he defended un-
til reduced to eat horse
flesh, and then marched to
Pontefract, continuing in
the service of the royal
Charleses during the whole
of those unhappy wars. He
in. Margaret, daughter of
Arthur Hebburne, esq. of
Hebburne, and widow of
Robert Dodsworth, esq. of
Barton, in Yorkshire, but d.
s. p. in 1664.
Agnes, m. first, to Nicholas
Foster, esq. of Barnbrough,
in Northumberland, and se-
condly, to — Dawson, esq.
of Ripon, and thirdly, to
Sir Francis Liddell, knt. of
Redheugh, in the county of
Northumberland.
Sir William was s. by his eldest
son,
Thomas Chaytor, esq. of
Croft, who espoused Mary,
daughter of Thomas Lewis,
esq. of Marr, in Yorkshire,
and was s. by his son,
John Chaytor, esq. of Croft.
This gentleman in. first, Sa-
rah, daughter of Sir Wil-
liam Allanson, of York, and
secondly, Elizabeth,* dau.
of Sir Thomas Davison, of
the county of Durham. The
issue of these marriages was
a son and daughter, who
both died in infancy,
ii. Hugh, equery to Queen Elizabeth,
d. s. p.
in. Christopher, d. s. p.
iv. Thomas.
v. Margaret.
vi. Jane, m. to Ralph Wylly, esq. of
Houghton, in the county of Durham.
VII. Elizabeth,
vin. Beatrix.
The fourth son of the heiress of Croft,
Thomas Chaytor, esq. of Butterby, who
s. his father in the office of surveyor-general
of Durham and Northumberland, m. first,
Eleanor, daughter of — Thornell, esq. but
* TLis lady m. secondly, Nicholas Fairfax, esq.
142
CHAYTOR, OF SPENN1THORNE HALL.
Lad no issue. He espoused, secondly, Jane,
daughter of Sir Nicholas Tempest, bart. of
Stella* (created baronet in 1622) by whom
he had five sons and five daughters, viz.
Henry, ? heirs in succession.
Nicholas, S
Robert, ) b th d gm
Thomas, i
George. .
Jeronima, in. to Thomas Swineburne,
esq. of Barm ton, in Durham.
Isabell, m. to James Belasyse, esq. of
Owton, in Durham, (his second wife)
sixth son of Sir William Belasyse,
of Newborough Abbey, in the county
of York, and Margery, daughter of
Sir Nicholas Fairfax, of Gilhng.
Margaret, m. to Ralph Bates, esq. of
Halliwell, in Northumberland (refer
to vol. i. page G24).
T_rotM both rf. *. /».
Mary, S
Mr. Chaytor died in 1618, and was s. by Ins
eldest son,
Henry Chaytor, esq. of Butterby, who
died unm. in 1629, and was s. by his brother,
Nicholas Chaytor, esq. a lieutenant-
colonel under the Marquess of Newcastle,
who remained in the army until the king's
forces were reduced. He espoused Ann,
daughter and co-heir (with her sister Mar-
garet, wife of John Killinghall, of Middle-
ton St. George) of William Lambton, esq.
of Houghtonfield, in Durham, by Ann, his
wife, daughter and co-heir of the Rev. John
Barnes, rector of Houghton le.Skerne, and
niece of Richard Barnes, bishop of Durham.
By this lady Mr. Chaytor had issue to sur-
vive infancy,
I. William, his heir.
II. Henry, who m. Isabell, daughter
and co-heir ol Anthony Morley, esq.
of Ingleton, and had one son and a
daughter, viz.
Henry, heir to his uncle.
Isabella, in. to — Hobbins, esq.
in. Walter, who d. s. p. in Germany,
iv. Ann, m. to — Ogle, esq.
v. Isabell.
vi. Jeronima.
Mr. Chaytor died 10th February, 1665, and
was s. by his eldest son,
Sir William Chaytor, of Croft, who
was created a Baronet 28th June, 1671.
He ra. Perigrina, daughter of Sir Joseph
Cradock, knt.f of Richmond, and had issue,
* By his wife, Isabella, daughter of Robert
Lambton, esq. of Lambton, and Frances Eure,
daughter of Sir Ralph de Eure, (second son of
William, first Lord Eure, and his wife, Elizabeth,
sister of William, Lord Willoughby de Eresby)
by Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph Bowes, esq. of
Streatlam Castle, in Durham.
t Cradock Hall, in Richmond, Yorkshire, the
residence of the family, was built by Sir Joseph
Henry, a major in the army, who
served four campaigns in Germany
and Flanders, under John Churchill,
Duke of Marlborough. Major
Chaytor predeceased his father with-
out issue.
Thomas, who, also, died vita patris,
issueless.
Anna, d. unm.
Sir William Craytor died in 1720, and was
s. by his nephew,
Henry Chaytor', esq. of Croft, who m.
Jane, only daughter (and upon the death of
her brothers) heir of Matthew Smales, esq.
of Gilling, iu the county of York, and had
four sons and two daughters, viz.
William.
Henry, LL.D. rector of Croft, and
vicar of Catterick, in the county of
York, and prebendary of Durham,
who died at Croft, in June, 1789.
He m. first, Betty, daughter and
heiress of — Gregson, esq. of Bond-
gate, in Westmoreland, and by her
had one daughter, viz.
Betty, who m. George Pearson,
esq. of Harperly Park, in Dur-
ham, and had an only child,
Elizabeth-Jane Pearson, who
espoused George - Hutton
Wilkinson, esq. and has a
numerous family.
Dr. Chaytor espoused secondly, Ann,
daughter of Charles Robinson, esq.
of Appleby, in Westmoreland, and
had other children, viz.
J. William, who d. young.
ii. Henry, a lieutenant-colonel in
the first regiment of foot guards,
who in. Jane, daughter of Wil-
liam Marriot, esq. and had,
1. Henry, b. in 1799.
2. William-Charles, b. in 1 800.
3. John, b. in 1802.
4. Gustavus - Adolphus, b. in
1806.
5. Ann-Jane.
6. Mary,
in. Charles,
iv. Charlotte.
v. Maria.
VI. Hannah-Jane
vn. Anne.
viii. Mary.
ix. Isabella.
x. Juliana,
xi. Harriot.
Mathew, an ensign in the first regiment
of foot guards, who d. s. p. in Ger-
many.
John, d. young.
Cradock, in 1660. After the above mentioned
marriage, it came to the Chaytors, and was sold
by the late William Chaytor, esq.
NICHOLL, OF MERTHYMAWR.
143
Jane, m. to Johu Trotter, M.D. of Dar-
lington.
Alice -Mary, m. to Caleb Redshaw,
afterwards Morley, esq. of Beamsley,
in Craven, and d. 5th July, 1833,
having had, with other issue, who d.
unmarried,
1. Josias Morley, of Beamsley and
Marrick Park, Yorkshire, who
d. in February, 1827, leaving by
his first wife, Miss M. Colling,
two sons and two daughters, viz.
Francis, of Marrick Park, b. 5th
April, 1810, Thomas, b. 6th Feb-
ruary, 1814, Mary, and Dorothy.
2. John, who m. Miss Mary Miller.
3. William.
4. Thomas, who m. and left one
son and a daughter.
Mr. Chaytor was s. at his decease, by his
eldest son,
William Chaytor, esq. of Croft, some-
time a member of parliament, barrister at
law, recorder of Richmond, vice lieutenant,
and a magistrate for the North Riding of
Yorkshire. He wedded Miss Jane Lee,
and had issue,
i. William (Sir), created a Baronet
in 1831, (see Burke's Peerage and
Baronetage.)
II. Mathew, d. unm. 1825.
III. John-Clervaux.
IV. Jane, d. unm. 1811.
v. Mary.
vi. Charlotte, d. unm. 1792.
vii. Elizabeth, m. 12th December,
1804, to Timothy Hutton, esq. of
Clifton Castle, in the county of York.
vin. Harriet, d. unm. 1798.
Mr. Chaytor, of Croft, died in May, 1819,
aged eighty- six. His younger son is the
present John Clervaux Chaytor, esq. of
Spennithorne Hall.
Arms — Quarterly ; first and fourth, party
per bend dancettee arg. and az. three cin-
quefoils, two in chief, and one in base,
counterchanged, for Chaytor. Second and
third, sa. a saltire or, for Clervaux.
Crests — Chaytor, a stag's head erased
lozengy, arg. and az. the dexter horn of the
first, the sinister, of the second. Clervaux,
an eagle displayed. A heron ppr.
Estates — At Spennithorne and Bellerby,
in the parish of Spennithorne, and manorial
rights ; also at Tunstall, in the parish of
Catterick.
Seat — Spennithorne Hall, Bedale, York-
shire.
V
NICHOLL, OF MERTHYMAWR.
NICHOLL, The Right Honorable SIR JOHN, knt. L.C.D. F.R.S. &c. of Mer-
thymawr, in the county of Glamorgan, b. 16th March,
1759, m. 8th September, 1787, Judy, youngest daughter
of Peter Birt, esq. of Wenvoe Castle, in the same shire,
by whom (who d. 1st December, 1829) he has had issue.
I. John, b. August, 1797, educated at Westminster
School, and Christchurch College, Oxford, called to
the bar in 1824 ; took the degree of doctor of laws,
and was admitted an advocate at Doctors' Commons
in 1826. He wedded, in December, 1821, Jane-
Harriot, second daughter of the late T. M. Talbot,
esq. of Margam, in Glamorganshire, by the Lady
Mary Lucy Strangways, his wife, second daughter
of Henry Thomas, second Earl of Ilchester, and has
issue.
II. Mary-Anne.
in. Judy, m. in 1820, to Charles Franks, esq. a banker
in London, and has issue.
IV. Katharine, m. in September, 1829, to the Very Re-
verend Charles Scott Luxmore, dean of St. Asaph,
and d. in November, 1830, leaving an only son.
This gentleman, who received the first rudiments of his education at Cowbridge and
Bristol schools, was elected, in 1775, a fellow, as founder's kinsman, of St. John's
College, Oxford. In 1785 he took the degree of doctor of laws, and was admitted an
advocate at Doctors' Commons. In 1798 he was appointed His Majesty's advocate-
general, and knighted. In 1809 he was raised to the office of dean of the Arches, and
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MOORE, OF TARA HOUSE.
judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, by the late archbishop of that province,
and was sworn of the privy council.
Sir John Nicholl sat in parliament above thirty years, having been elected, in 1802,
for Penryn; in 1806, for Hastings; and, in 1807, for Great Bedwin, which last
borough he continued to represent so long as it sent members to parliament.
Hmcaae.
The Reverend Iltyd Nicholl, rector
of Lanmaes, in the county of Glamorgan,
where, and in the adjoining parish of Lan-
tevit, or St. Iltyds, the family of Nicholl has
been settled for some centuries, and in
which latter parish the elder branch still
possesses considerable property, was father
(with an elder son) of
John Nicholl, esq. of Lanmaes, who had
two sons, the elder, father of the present
Iltyd Nicholl, esq. His Majesty's procu-
rator-general, (see family of Nicholl of
Lanmaes), and the younger of the present
Right Hon. Sir John Nicholl, of Mer-
thyniawr.
Arms — Sa. three pheons arg.
Motto — Nil falsi audeat.
Estates — At Merthymawr, and in several
parishes in Glamorganshire, part by devise,
and part by purchase.
Town Residence — Bruton Street, Berke-
ley Square.
Seat — Merthymawr, G lamorganshire.
MOORE, OF TARA HOUSE.
n&jtLAsp
MOORE, JOHN, esq. of Tara House, in the county of Meath, b. 20th September,
1763, m. first, 24th May, 1788, Barbara, daughter of
the Hon. William Brabazon, second son of Edward,
seventh earl of Meath, and has issue,
WiLLIAM-JoHN, b. 29th April, 1789, in holy orders.
John-Arthur, 6.24th September, 1791, residing at Hy-
derabad, in the East Indies. This gentleman, for
many years signal officer to Admiral, then Captain,
Blackwood, was blown from a port-hole of the Ajax,
when that ship was destroyed by fire near the island
of Tenedos, in the night of the 14th February, 1*07,
but was saved, together with his captain, by a boat
belonging to the Canopus, after having been in the
water more than half an hour. He m. 31st July, 1827,
Sophia, daughter of Colonel Yates.
Charles-Henry, b. 21st March, 1798.
Mr. Moore wedded, secondly, 26th April, 1825, Char-
lotte, daughter of George Samuel Collyer, esq. He suc-
ceeded his father 25th February, 1788.
N&-&
-i
y
Htncnqc.
In 1721, John Moore, esq. of Dublin,
acquired, under an act of parliament, passed
for the sale of the estates of William Gra-
ham, esq. the town lands of Balgatherine,
Hill of Rath, Tullvhallen, and Drybridge,
all in the barony of Mellifont, and county of
Louth. He had issue,
I. Charles, barrister-at-law, who died
s. p.
ii. John, of whom presently.
m. Alice, who wedded General Sir
John Whiteford, bait, and had seve-
ral daughters, of whom one, Alicia-
Lucy, m. 29th November, 1790,
Henry, third Lord Vernon, and ano-
ther, Colonel Cunningham.
Mr. Moore, at his decease, divided his es-
tates between his two sons, the younger of
whom,
John Moore, M.D. of Tullyhallen, Sec.
inherited the entire at the death of his bro-
ther Charles, which occurred a short time
subsequent to that of his father. Dr. Moore
espoused, 26th August, 1752, Frideswide,
FIELD, OF HEATON.
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daughter of Dixie Coddington, esq. of Ath-
luniney Castle, in the county of Meath, by
"Miss Waller, of Allenstown, bis wife, and
bad issue to survive,
i. John, bis heir.
II. Aliee, m. to Thomas Ahmuty, esq. of
the island of Madeira, and had issue.
III. Jane, m. in July, 1799, the Hon. and
Very Reverend John Hewitt, dean of
Cloyne, youngest son of James,
Baron Lifford, lord chancellor of
Ireland, and had issue,
Mary Hewitt, who m. in January,
1802, the Hon. Major-general
Henry King.
Jane Hewitt, m. to Acheson St.
George, esq. sou of Thomas St.
George, esq. by the Hon. Lu-
cinda Acheson, daughter of Ar-
chibald, first Viscount Gosford.
iv. Frideswide, m. in 1786, Col. the Hon.
Robert Henry Southwell, of Castle
Hamilton, second son of Thomas-
George, first Viscount Southwell,
and left issue one son, Robert South-
well, and a daughter, m. to Colonel
Clements.
Dr. Moore was shot at his own door bv an I
unknown person, in 1788, and succeeded by
his son, the present John Moore, esq. o'f
Tara House.
Arms — Az. a chief indented or charged
with three mullets pierced gules.
Crest — Out of a ducal coronet or, a moor's
head ppr. filletted round the temples az. and
or, a jewel pendant in the ear arg.
Motto — Durum patientia frango.
Estates— Tullyhallen, Balgatherine, Dry-
bridge,* and Hill of Rath, all in the barony
of Mellifont, and county of Louth, ac-
quired by purchase in 1721. In Grose's
Antiquities of Ireland it is stated that these
lands, together with the manor and abbey of
Mellifont, were granted to Sir Edward
Moore by Queen Elizabeth, in reward for
his loyalty, and the hospitality shown by
him to her majesty's troops. Tara House
and demesne, acquired by the present pro-
prietor's marriage with Miss Brabazon.
Seat — Tara House, county of Meath ;
Stour Lodge, near Mistleythorn, Essex.
* At Drybridge vras fought the battle of the
Boyne, and a beautiful obelisk is there erected,
commemorative of that event.
FIELD, OF HEATON.
FIELD, JOHN-WILMER, esq. B. A. of Heaton Hall, and Helmesley Lodge, both
in the county of York, formerly an officer in the Royal
OJ^C"'-* Horse-Guards, Blue, m. first, in 1812, Anne, daughter of
Robert Wharton-Myddleton, esq. of Grinkle Park, in
Cleveland, by whom (who died 11th February, 1815) he
has two daughters, viz.
Mary.
Delia.
He wedded, secondly, Isabella-Helena, daughter of the
late Captain Salter, R.N. but has no other children.
Mr. Field, who is a deputy-lieutenant and magistrate
for the West Riding of the county of York, succeeded
his father in 1819.
Hmraqc.
The first of this family, which has formed
some eminent alliances, upon record,
John Feild, was living in the year 1571,
for at that period he is named in his elder
son, Thomas's will. He had two sons,
I. Thomas, of Shipley, in the parish of
Bradford and county of York, whose
only child,
Frances, wedded Thomas Green,
citizen of Y^ork, and joined by
her husband, conveyed Shipley
to her cousins, George, Edward,
and Robert Feild.
ii. William.
The second son,
William Feild, esq. of Great Horton, in
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146
FIELD, OF HEATON.
Bradfordale, had, with several younger
children, all living in 1599,
I. George, of Shipley, heir to his bro-
ther, Robert, at whose decease, in
1599, he was aged forty-seven. He
m. at Bradford, 7th August, 1599,
Isabel Mortimer, and dying in March,
1627, left a son,
George, of Shipley, b. 28th No-
vember, 1602, m. in 1629,
Mary Akead, and was buried at
Bradford, 23rd October, 1647.
ii. Edmund.
ill. Robert, of Shipley, anno 1595, ten-
ant of the Queen in capite, d. s. p.
1599.
The second son,
Edward Feild, esq. was of Horton, in
1599, and of Shipley, in 1615 This gentle-
man held lands of the king in capite, and
purchased property in Heaton. He wedded,
at Bradford, 7th" August, 1599, Jennet
Thoroton, and dying 6th April, 1641, was s.
by his son,
Joseph Feild, esq. of Shipley, lord of the
manor of Heaton, baptized 23rd August.
1601, who, m. Mary, eldest daughter and
co-heir of William Rawson, of Braken
Bank, in the parish of Kighley, marriage
settlement dated 10th October, 1625. By
this lady, who outlived him, and died a
widow, in 1663, he had issue,
i. John, his heir.
ii. Jeremiah, of Hipperholm, in 1672,
and afterwards of Chillow, baptized
at Bradford, 27th July, 1634, m. 2nd
November, 1658, Judith, daughter of
William Walker, of Watercliffe, near
Halifax, and dying in 1705, left two
sons and three daughters, viz.
Joseph, heir to his uncle.
John, who m. about 1700, Grace,
daughter of Timothy Rhodes,
esq. of Heaton Rhodes, and relict
of Thomas Hodgson, of Little
Horton, and had surviving issue,
John, who inherited under the
will of his uncle, JOSEPH.
Judith, m. in 1733, to Henry
Atkinson, esq. of Bradford.
Mary, baptized 11th January, 1662,
m. 1st May, 1685, to Paul Green-
wood, esq.
Sarah, d. at an advanced age, un-
married, in 1758.
Abigal, baptized 16th March, 1672,
m. to George Longbotham, esq.
of Halifax, living a widow, 1st
March, 1728.
in. Joshua, of Selby, in Yorkshire,
baptized 29th May, 1637, m. at Brad-
ford, 10th July, 1662, Abigal, dau.
of George Feild, esq. of Shipley, and
had a daughter, Abigal.
iv. Anne, 6. in 1626, m. to William
Parkinson, esq. and had several
children.
v. Marv, named an executrix in her
father's will, in 1660.
Joseph Feild died in 1660, and was s. by
his eldest son,
John Feild, esq. of Heaton, baptized 30th
March, 1628. At the decease of this gen-
tleman without issue, in 1712, the estates
devolved upon his nephew,
Joseph Feild, esq. of Heaton, Chellow,
and Shipley, b. in 1660, who died unmarried,
about the year 1733, when the lands passed
to his nephew,
John Feild, esq. of Heaton, who married
Marv, daughter of Joshua Eamonson, esq.
of Seacroft, and dying 21st January, 1772,
aged se\enty-one, was buried at Bradford,
and s. by his only surviving sou,
JOSHU4 FIELD, esq. of Heaton, b. in De-
cember. 1742, who m. at Scarborough, 4th
October, 1771, Mary, younger daughter and
eventually sole heiress of Randal Wilmer,
esq. of Helmesley, and representative of a
junior branch of the ancient baronial house
of Tiiwim.i: (see families of Thwenge and
\\ ii mi k). By this lady he had issue,
John, his heir.
Zacharv, d. an infant.
Joshua," of Wi stow House, in the county
of York, and of Park Crescent, Lon-
don, lord of the manor of Berrythorpe
cum Kennythorpe, m. 17th August,
1801, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of
William Wainman, esq. ofCarrhead,
in Craven, and has bad two daugh-
ters, Elizabeth and Mary-Anne, both
of whom died unmarried, the elder
in 1822, the younger in 1825
Mary-Anne, in. 4th February, 1802, to
Eugene-Thomas Whittell, esq. bar-
rister-at-law, of Over Helmesley, and
has a son,
Joshua-Francis Whittell, who in.
Miss Lefroy, dau. of Captain
Lefroy, and niece of Mr. Ser-
jeant Lefroy, M.P.
Delia, in. in 1806, to Thomas-George
Fitzgerald, esq. of Oaklands, in the
county of Mayo, a colonel in the
army, and left at her decease, 9th
December, 1817, an only surviving
child,
Charles-Lionel William Fitzgerald,
who m. his cousin, Miss Kirwan.
Mr. Field, who was a magistrate and deputy
lieutenant for the West Riding of Yorkshire,
rf. in 1819, and was s. by his only son, the
present John-Wilmer Field, esq. of Hea-
ton Hall.
jfamtltes of ilfitoenge anti 5183 timer.
The family of Thwenge, anciently amongst
the most distinguished in the county of
York, were lords of Kilton Castle, in that
FIELD, OF HEATON.
14'
shire, and attained the rank of nobility in
the 35th of Edward I. when Marmaduke
de Thwenge, a celebrated soldier, in the
Scottish wars, was summoned to parliament
as a baron (see Burke's Extinct and Dor-
mant Peerage).
In the time of Henry III. we find
Sir Robert de Thwenge, deputed by
the other barons to repair to Rome, and to
lay at the foot of the pontiff a complaint
from the nobles of England, regarding- an
encroachment upon their ecclesiastical im-
munities by the holy see. His son and heir,
Marmaduke Thwenge, espoused Emma,
sister and heiress of Duncan Darrell, and
wras s. by his son,
Robert de Thwenge, lord of the castle
of Kilton, who m. the widow of Sir John de
Oketon, and had issue,
Marmaduke (Sir), his successor.
Richard (Sir), lord of Boyville, to.
Juliana, relict of Sir Walter d'Aw-
dre, knt.
Yvan, father of John de Thwenge.
Richard, in holy orders, rector of the
church of Ripley, in Yorkshire.
m. to William Constable, ancestor
to the Coustables of Flambrough.
Alice, ml to John Oketon, son of Sir
John Oketon, knt.
The eldest son and heir,
Marmaduke de Thwenge, lord of Kil-
ton, m. Lucia, second sister and co-heir of
Peter de Brus, baron of Skelton,* and had,
with junior issue,
I. Robert, his heir, who left an only
daughter, Lucia, m. first, to William,
Lord Latimer, from whom she was
devorced. She lived afterwards with
Robert Meinill, by whom she had a
natural son, Nicholas de Meinill,
summoned to parliament as Baron
Meinill, 6th Edward II. She wed-
ded secondly, Robert de Everingham,
and thirdly, Bartholomew de Fan-
court,
ii. Marmaduke, successor to his bro-
ther. This was the gallant soldier,
so distinguished in the Scottish wars,
and who, as mentioned above, was
summoned to parliament as Baron
Thwenge.
in. Edward.
The third son,
* Peter de Brus derived from a common an-
cestor with the kings of Scotland :
Robert de Bruce, lord of Skelton, founder of
the priory of Gisburne, in the county of York,
wedded Agnes, daughter of Fulke Pagnell, baron
of Dudley, and dying in 1141, left two sons,
Adam, baron of Skelton, great grandfather of
the Peter de Brus, mentioned in the text.
Robert, lord of Annandale, in Scotland,
ancestor of the Kings of Scotland.
Edward Thwenge, espoused Alice,
daughter and sole heir of Walter Helmes-
ley, of Over-Helmesey, in the county of
York, and had, with two younger sons.
William and Walter, who both died s. p.
a son and heir,
Sir Marmaduke Thwenge, of Over-
Helmesley, who m. in 1344, Agnes, daughter
of Sir John Horton, knt. and had issue,
Thomas, who m. — daughter of Sir
Ralph Bigod, of Setrington, knt. and
died without issue.
William, of whom presently.
Thomas, the younger, m — daughter
of Hugh Hough, esq. of Hough, and
d. s. p.
The second son,
William Thwenge, espoused Alice,
daughter of William Nesam, and had a son
and heir,
Walter Thwenge, who to. Margaret,
daughter of Bryan de la See, and had three
sons and two daughters, viz.
George, his heir.
Robert.
John, d. s. p.
m. to Thomas Mustarde, alias
Fowford.
m. to — Dawtree.
He was s. by his eldest son,
George Thwenge, esq. of Upper Helme-
sley, who wedded — daughter of Thomas
Lepton,esq. of Keswith,and was*, by his son,
Marmaduke Thwenge, esq. of Upper
Helmesley. This gentleman to. — daughter
of Redmain, esq. of Bossoll, in the county
of York, and had issue,
George, his successor.
Christopher, of Huggot, in Yorkshire,
living in 15S4.
Anthony.
Dorothy, a nun.
Isabella.
The eldest son and heir,
George Thwenge, esq. of Upper Helme-
sley, wedded Anne, daughter of William
Thwaites, esq. of Long Marstou, and had
issue,
John, his heir.
Thomas, of Hewarth, from whom the
Thwenges of that place, now re-
presented by George Alphonso
Thwenge, esq.
Robert.
Ingram, attainted in the rebellion.
Katherine, m. to Ralph Thwenge, of
Heslarton.
Anne.
Jane, m. to Robert Withes.
Margery, to. to Robert Thornton, of
East Newton.
George Thwenge was s. at his decease by
his eldest son,
John Thwenge, esq. of Upper Helme-
sley, who m. Maud, daughter of Thomas
148
FIELD, OF HEATON.
Grimston,esq. of Grimston, and had a son
and successor,
Marmaduke Thwenge, esq. of Upper
Helmesley, aged twenty-four years, anno
1584. This gentleman wedded Anne, Red-
dish, and had (with one son, Marmaduke,
who died young, 3rd June, 35th Elizabeth)
an only daughter,
Margery Thwenge, who espoused first,
(before 3rd James I.) George Wilmek,*
esq. of Stratford le Bow, in the county of
Middlesex, and secondly, the Hon. Henry
Fairfax, second son of Thomas, Viscount
Fairfax, by the former of whom she hit,
at her decease, 23rd September, 8th Ch ARLES
I. a son and successor,
George Wilmer, esq. of Stratford le
Bow, seised of Helmesley. This gentleman
m. in 1639, Rebecca, daughter of Ranulpb
Baskerville, esq. of London, son of Thomas
Baskerville, esq. of Old Whittington, in
Cheshire, and Margery, his wife, daughter
and co-heir of Thomas Kynsey, of Black-
den. By this lady, who died before 1084,
Mr. Wilmer had issue,
Randal.
John, of Walthamstow, b. in 1656, died
s. p. 1737.
Rachel.
Rebecca.
Margery, b. 1G55, m. first, to Richard
Parry, esq. and secondly, to Sir
Robert Beachcroft, knt.
Mary, living in 16N4, m. to Peter Cart-
wright, esq.
Mr. Wilmer, whose will bears date 13th
November, 1G84, and was proved 8th April,
1687, was s. by his son,
Randal Wilmer, esq. lord of Helmesley,
who m. first, Dorothy Cornwall, and by
her, who died in 1678, had a son,
George, his heir.
He wedded secondly, Sarah, youngest
daughter of John Stainforth, esq. of York,
by Mary, his wife, daughter of Marma-
duke Blakeston, of Monk Fryston, and had
issue,
Randal, successor to his brother.
John, of York, who died unmarried,
14th February, 1761.
Mary, d. unm. 5th September, 1723.
Mr. Wilmer espoused thirdly, Isabella
Wood, by whom, who m. secondly, Richard
Wilks, ofTunstall, he had an only child,
* The ancient fondly of Wilmer derives its
descent from William Wilmer, of Withebroke,
in Warwickshire, living temp. Henry VII.
Thomas, who died in minority. He died
himself in 1710, and was s. by his son,
George Wilmer, esq. b. 16th December,
1676, an officer in the Guards, who m. 4th
September, 1701, Anne, daughter and heir
of Lewis Etherington, esq. of Rillington, in
Yorkshire, and had one son and four daugh-
ters, viz.
George, who predeceased his father in
1731.
Dorothy, m. to John Iveson, esq. of
Bilton, and d. 1742.
Anne, m. 13th November, 1731, Wil-
liam Gossip, esq. of Thorparch, in
the county of York. The grandson
of this marriage,
K wdall Gossip, a colonel in the
army, succeeded his brother at
Thorparch. He m. Miss Curry,
and was father of the present
Captain Cant-Randall Gossip,
of Thorparch, and of two younger
sons, Wilmer and George, who
have assumed the surname of
Wilmer.
Rebecca, d. unm. in 1736.
Lucy, tn. in 1749, to — Nelthorpe, esq.
of Seacrofte.
Mr. Wilmer having outlived his son, the
representation of the family, at his decease
in 1743, devolved upon his brother,
Randall Wilmer, esq. of Staple Inn,
London, who eventually .v. his uncle, John,
at Helmesley. He m. 5th January, 1748,
Jane, sister and Ik ir of the Rev. Zachary
Suger, and dj ing '22nd February, 1761, aged
sc\ ent) , left two daughters, his co-heirs, viz.
i. Ann, m. first, in 1770, to Wilmer
Gossip, esq. of Thorparch, and se-
condly, about 1793, to John Bnrke
Ryan, esq. of Grosvenor Place, but
d. s. p. 4th January, 1799.
n. Mary, ultimately sole heiress, who
wedded, as already slated, JOSHUA
Field, esq. of Heaton, and was
mother of the present John Wilmer
Field, esq. of Heaton Hall.
Arms — Arg. three bars wavy az. sur-
mounted of a lion rampant or, in chief two
escallop shells of the second, quartering
Wilmer, Thweng, Bruce, &c.
Crest — A dexter hand ppr. holding an
armillary sphere, all surrounded by clouds,
ppr.
Estates — In the three ridings of York-
shire.
Seats — Heaton Hall, and Helmesley
Lodge, Yorkshire.
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STEUART, OF BALLECHIN.
STEUART, HOPE,
esq.
of Ballecbin, in the county of Perth, b. 26th June, 1761
5. his brother in 1783, ?«. 28th September, 1803, Louisa,
second daughter of James Morley, esq. late of Kemshot
Park, in the county of Hants, and has issue,
Robert-Hope.
James-Charles.
Sarah.
Mary-Gavin-Elizabeth.
Isabella-Margaret.
Anne-Grace- Agnes.
Louisa- Wilbelmina.
Mr. Steuart is a justice of the peace and a deputy-lieute-
nant for Perthshire.
Hmcage.
This is an illegitimate branch of the royal
house of Stewart, springing from
Sir John Steuart, natural son of King
James II. of Scotland, who purchased the
lauds of Sticks, &c. in Glenquaich, from
Patrick Cardney, of that Ilk. Of those
lands he got a charter from James III. dated
December, 1486, wherein he is designated,
Honvrabilis Vir Domimis Joannes Steuart,
frater bastardus supremi Domini nostri
Regis. And iu another charter, of August,
1494, iu King James the Fourth's reign, he is
designed, Honorabilis Vir Dominus Joannes
Steuart, frater b. quondam supremi
Domini Nostri Regis. He m. and
had three sons, William, John, and Pa-
trick, by the eldest of whom,
William Steuart, of Sticks, he was
succeeded. This gentleman dying s. p.
was followed by his brother,
John Steuart, of Sticks, who m. Matilda
Johnston, Lady Rattray, but died without
legitimate issue, at Ballecbin, in 1559,
having settled several of his lands upon his
natural sons, John and Alexander, as ap-
pears by his charters to them, dated at
Ballechin, in 1543 and 1550. He died at
an advanced age in 1559, having previously
obtained from Queen Mary (in 1543) license
to absent himself from the wars in conse-
quence of his age. He was s. by his brother,
Patrick Steuart, of Ballechin, in the
county of Perth. This gentleman espoused
Elizabeth Buttar, daughter of Buttar, of
Gormack, by whom (who in. secondly,
Patrick Ogilvie, of Inchmarton) he had
three sons,
i. James, his heir,
ii. George.
in. John, from whom descended the
Steuarts of Arnaguy. This John
had a daughter, Sibilla, m. to Alex-
ander Leslie, of Urqhuil. Douglas,
in the Peerage of Scotland, mentions
another daugher, Anne, m. to George
Leslie, captain of the garrison of
Blair Castle, temp. James VI. pro-
genitor of the Earl of Leven.
He was s. by the eldest,
Sir James Steuart, knt. of Ballechin,
who sold the lands of Sticks to Sir Duncan
Campbell, of Glenorchay. He m. first,
Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Crichton, of
Elliock and Cluny, and sister of the ad-
mirable Crichton (contract of marriage
dated at Blair, in Athol, 2nd February,
1586, to which John, Earl of Athol, James,
Lord Doun, designed the lady's uncles, and
James, Earl of Murray, are undertakers of
sureties for the dower). By this lady he
had a son, Robert, his successor, and a
daughter, Elizabeth, m. to Duncan Robert-
son, esq. of Dalcabon, ancestor of the Earl
of Portmore. Sir James espoused secondly,
in 1597, Elizabeth, daughter of James, and
sister of Sir Andrew Rollo, of Duncrub,
progenitor of Lord Rollo, and had two other
sons, viz.
John, of Killichassie, whose great
graudson,
James Steuart, esq. an eminent
banker in Edinburgh, settled at
Stewartfield, near that city.
George, ancestor of Steuart, of Loch
of Clunie.
Sir James Stuart was s. by his eldest son,
Robert Stuart, of Ballechin, who wed-
ded Margaret, daughter of Campbell, of
Glenlyon, by whom (who m. secondly,
Bruce, of Cultmalindie) he had issue,
John,
Patric
ICK, $
successive lairds.
1.50
STEUART, OF BALLECHIN.
Alexander, who with other children,
was father of
Robert, a minister of the church
of Scotland, frequently called
Mobile.
Alexander, killed at Malplacquet,
in Flanders.
The laird was s. by his eldest son,
John Steuart, esq. of Ballechin, who
espousing the royal cause, was slain by
Cromwell's troops near Dunkeld, having
been mistaken for the Earl of Athol, while
that nobleman effected his escape. Dying
without issue, he was *. by his brother,
Patrick Steuart, esq. of Ballechin.
This gentleman stood high in the favour of
King James II. of England, and had a
charter from that monarch, couched in the
most honorable terms, " nos considerantes,
Patricium Steuart, de Ballechin, virum esse
probata? fidelitatis, et qui diademati nos-
troque interesse regio firmus semper ad
hasserat, &c. &.C.* He espoused Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir Alexander Lindsay, of Eve-
lick, by whom he had, with several daugh-
ters, five sons, viz.
i. Charles, his heir.
II. Alexander.
in. John, of Keynachin, who m. and
had issue,
iv. Robert, a writer in the exchequer.
v. George, who died in the Darien ex-
pedition.
Ballechin was s. by his eldest son,
Charles Steuart, esq. of Ballechin, who
wedded Anne, daughter and co-heir of John
Dow, of Arnhall, and had issue,
I. Patrick, who in. Christian, daughter
of Sir Robert Menzies, of Weem,
but predeceased his father, issueless.
II. James, who being made prisoner at
Preston, died in Newgate, (1716)
unmarried.
in. Charles, heir to his father.
iv. Elizabeth, m. to John Stewart, esq.
of Ardshiel.
v. Helen, m. to Alexander Menzies,
esq. of Woodend.
vi. Margaret, in. to John Campbell,
esq. of Kinloch.
nil Emilia, in. to John Stewart, esq. ol
Bonskeed.
VIII. Anne, m. to David Rattray, esq.
of Tullychurran.
IX. Jean, m. to Sir Lawrence Mercer,
of Aldie.
The laird was s. by his only surviving son,
Charles Stewart, esq. of Ballechin.
This gentleman in. Grizell, daughter of Sir
Lawrence Mercer, of Aldie, and had issue,
i. Robert, his heir.
II. James, one of the clerks of his ma-
jesty's signet,
in. George, a merchant in Edinburgh.
IV. Jean, hi. to Stewart, of Fincastle.
v. Clementina, in. to Sir John Stewart,
of Grandtully.
He died in 17G4, and was succeeded by his
eldest son,
Robert Steuart, esq. of Ballechin, who
wedded Isabella, daughter of John Hope,
esq. of Edinburgh, son of Sir Thomas Hope,
bart. of Rankeillor and Craighall, by whom
he had
Charles, his successor.
Hope, heir to his brother.
Robert, m. Martha, daughter of Col.
Frederick, and has issue.
James, d. unmarried.
Isabella, d. unmarried.
Grace, m. to Charles Steuart, esq. of
Dalguire, in Perthshire, and d. with-
out surviving issue.
Margaret-Douglas, b. 2nd April, 1769,
d. 12th May, 1833.
Clementina.
Mr. Steuart was s. by his eldest son,
Charles Steuart, esq. of Ballechin, at
whose decease unmarried, in 1783, the, es-
tates devolved upon his brother, the present
Hope Steuart, esq. of Ballechin.
Arms — First and fourth, or, a lion ram-
pant within a double tressure flowered and
counter flowered gules, as descended of the
royal family of Scotland. Second and third,
or, a fesse cheque az. and arg. within a bor-
dure engrailed of the first.
Motto — Semper fidelis.
Estate — Ballechin, in Perthshire.
Seat — Ballechin.
DISNEY, OF THE HYDE.
DISNEY, JOHN
^
, esq. of The Hyde, in the county of Essex, F. R. S. and of ihe
Inner Temple, barrister at law, b. at Flintham Hall,
Notts, 29th May, 1779, m. at St. George's, Hanover
Square, 22nd September, 1802, his cousin-german,
Sophia, younger daughter and co-heir of Lewis
Disney-Ffytche, esq. of Swinderby, in the county
— -^ of Lincoln, and of Danbury Place, Essex, and has had
f issue,
John, b. 28th July, 1808, d. 20th December, 1819.
Edgar, b. 22nd December, 1810.
Sophia.
Mr. Disney inherited the estates at the decease of his
father, 26th December, 1816, and became representative
of this branch of the family of Disney upon the demise
of his uncle and father-in-law, 22nd September, 1822.
The family of Disney, anciently written
De Isney and D'Eisney, and deriving its
patronymic from Tsigny, a bourg near Bay-
eux, in Normandy, came into England at
the period of the Conquest, as attested by
the numerous copies of the Battell Abbey
Roll, printed in " Grafton's Abridgement,"
p. 34, " Fuller's Church History," p. 155,
Stow, Hollingshed, and other of our his-
torians. Leland, in his Itinerary, p. 29, in
enumerating the gentry of the Kestevin
division of Lincolnshire, mentions " Disney
alias De Iseney ; he dvvelleth at Diseney,
and of his name and line be gentilmen of
Fraunce. Ailesham Priory, by Thorney
Courtoise, was of the Diseney 's foundation,
and there were divers of them buryed,
and likewise at Diseney."
Lambert De Isney, of Norton DTsney,
in the wapentake of Boothby Graflfoe, and
part of Kesteven, in Lincolnshire, is the
first mentioned in the records of this king-
dom. His son,
Sir Jordan De Isney, of Norton D'Isney,
m. the daughter of Sir Geoffry Friskney,
knt. and was s. by his son,
Sir Gilbert De Isney, of the same place,
who by the daughter of the Lord Bardolph
left
Sir Anthony De Isney, of Norton
DTsney, who wedded — , dau. of Thomas
Ropesley, and had a son and successor,
Sir John De Isney, of Norton DTsney,
who espoused the daughter of Sir Robert
Holtby, knt. and left a son.
Sir Robert De Isney, of Norton DTsney,
wrho wedded the daughter of Sir Gregory
Auke, knt. and had a son and successor,
Sir John De Isney, of Norton DTsney.
This gentleman espoused Anne, daughter of
Sir William Skip with, knt. and had issue,
Sir William De Isney, of Norton
DTsney, who wedded Christiana, daughter
of Thomas Chelden, and was s. by his son.
Thomas DTsney, of Norton DTsney, who
m. the daughter of Sir Geoffrey Paynell,
knt. and left
William DTsney, of Norton DTsney,
who by his wife, Berthsheba, daughter of
Thomas Ormesby, had a son and successor,
Sir William DTsney, Lord of Norton
DTsney, temp. Henry III. who m. Jane,
daughter and co-heir of Sir William Dive,
knt. of Kingerby, in the county of Lincoln,
by Ermentruda, his wife, daughter and co-
heir of Peter de Amundeville, of Kingerby,
(the great- great- grandson of Roger de
Amundeville, called also Humfines, senes-
chal to Reinigius de Feschamp, Bishop of
Lincoln, anno 1072, who granted to him the
manors of Kingerby, Auresby, Ellesham,
and Croxton) by this lady he had (with
Richard and John, who both died s. p. and
Margaret, wife of Thomas de Fenton, of
Fenton) a son and successor,
Sir William DTsney, of Norton DTsney,
knight of the shire for Lincoln, from 26th
Edward I to 17th Edward II. who wedded
Joan, daughter of Sir Nicholas Langford, of
Langford, Notts, and was s. at his decease
(having been buried at Norton, where his
tomb remains) by his son,
Sir William DTsney, of Norton DTsney,
high sheriif of Lincolnshire in 1340, and
knight of the shire in parliament 17th Edw.
152
DISNEY, OF THE HYDE.
III. who m. Mary, daughter of Roger, Lord
Grey de Ruthyn, and left a son,
Sin William D'Isney, of Norton DIs-
ney, who, by Lucy, his wife, daughter of
Sir William Felton, was father of
John D'Isney, esq. of Norton D'Isney,
who was slain at the battle of Towton, 29th
March, 1461, leaving, by Katherine, his
wife, daughter of John Leake, esq.
John, his heir.
William
Thomas.
Edward, of Fulbeck, in Lincolnshire,
who m. Catherine, daughter and co-
heir of William Middleton, esq. of
Fulbeck, and had issue.
Miles.
Henry.
Katherine, tn. to William Staunton,
esq. of Staunton.
The eldest son and heir,
John D'Isney, esq. of Norton D'Isney.
This gentleman m. Margaret, daughter of
Thomas Nevil.esq. of Rolleston, Notts, and
was s. by his son,
John D'Isney, esq. of Norton D'Isney,
who, by his wife Margaret, daughter of
Thomas Crosholme, esq. was father of
William, his successor.
John, of Carlton, in Moorlands, Lin-
colnshire, m. Elizabeth, daughter of
— Walcot, esq. of Walcot, and died
about the year 1556. His great
grandson,
Thomas D'Isney, esq. of Somer-
ton Castle, disposed of his inte-
rest in that estate to Sir Edward
Hussey, having no surviving
issue.
The elder son and heir,
William D'Isney, esq. of Norton D'Is-
ney, was high sherilf of the county of Lin-
coln in 1532. He m. Margaret, daughter of
— Joyner, esq. and had issue,
Richard, his heir.
William.
Thomas.
Francis.
Anne, m. to — Wayte, esq.
Mary, m. to William Harvey, esq. of
Evedon.
Margaret, m. to Richard Grey, esq. of
Kingerby.
Catherine.
Bridget.
He lies buried with his wife at Norton,
under a tomb still existing, and was s. by
his eldest son,
Richard D'Isney, esq. of Norton D'Is-
ney, high sheriff of the county of Lincoln in
1557 and 1566, and burgess in parliament
for Grantham ' in 1554. This gentleman
m; first, Margaret, daughter and co-heir of
Sir William Hussey,* and had, with other
issue, who d. s. p.
Daniel, his heir.
Syrach, who m. Bridget, daughter of
Richard Skepper, esq. of East Kirby.
Sarah, in. to Alexander Arucotts, esq.
of Amcotts, in Lincolnshire.
He wedded, secondly, Jane, daughter <>f
Sir William Ayscough, and relict of Sir
George St. Paul. He died 30th December,
1578, and was interred at Norton, where a
monument still perpetuates his memory. He
was s. by his son,
Daniel D'Isney, esq. of Norton D'Isney,
who was sheriff of Lincolnshire, anno 15M2,
and died 3rd February, 1587, seised, as ap-
pears by the inquisitio post mortem, of the
manor of Norton D'Isney, the reversion of
the manor of Kingerby (the ancient posses-
sion of the Ami ndevilles from the time of
the CONQUEST), and the manors of Staple-
furtli and Swinnerby, leaving, by Mary, his
wife, (whom lie wedded 24th April, 1609),
daughter of Sir Edward Molyneux, knt. of
Hawton and Teversall, Notts, an only son
and heir,
Sir Henry D'Isney, f of Norton D'Is-
ney, who was born 1st March, 1569, knighted
at 'Whitehall 23rd July, 1603, and buried at
Norton, llth October. Kill. He m. first,
Barbara, daughter of John Thornhaugh, esq.
of Fenton, Notts, and had (with a daughter,
\nne, the wife of John Williamson, esq. of
Barton), a son and heir,
* Sin John Hussey, knt. was made chief but-
lerof England by King Henri Ylll. and sum-
moned to parliament by the same monarch as Bakon
Hi ssBY,of Sliifonl, in Lincolnshire; but engaging
in the insurrection of 1537, he w its beheaded at
Lincoln, and his manor of Slaford, and other es-
tates, amounting to £5,000. a year, confiscated.
He left, by his first wife, the Lady Anne Grey,
daughter of George, Eari. of Kent, two sons, who
died issueless, and four daughters; and hv the
second, Margaret, daughter and heiress of Sir
Simon Blount, of Mangerfield, in Gloucestershire,
four sons, and another daughter. The eldest son,
Sir William Hussey, with his brothers and
sisters, was restored in blood by the reversal of
the attainder by parliament in the 5th of Eliza-
beth, but he got neither the title nor estates. He
m. the heiress of Sir Thomas Lovell, knt. and dy-
ing in the 3rd or 4th of Philip and Mary, left
two daughters, his co-heirs, viz.
Nella (or Margaret), m. to Richard D'Is-
ney, esq. as in the text.
Anne, m. to William Gel], esq. of Darlev, in
the county of Derby. (Burke's Extinct
Peerage.)
t This Henry had three sisters,
Elizabeth, m. first, to William Staunton, of
Staunton, (see vol. i. p. 5^7) ; secondly, to
— Aston ; and thirdly, to — Bussy.
Hester, m. to Sir Charles Barnby, of Barnby.
Anne, m. to Daniel Harvey, esq. of Evedon,
in Lincolnshire.
DISNEY, OF THE HYDE.
153
I. William, of Norton D'Isney, born
3rd January, 1589, m. 1st May, 1612,
Bridget, daughter of Edmund Moly-
neux, esq. of Thorp, in the county of
Nottingham, and dying in 1656, left
issue,
1. Molyneux, of Norton D'Isney,
a lieutenant-colonel in the army,
and some time under the com-
mand of Christopher, Duke of
Albemarle, d. in 1694, haying
had by his wife (whom he to. 14th
January, 1633), Mary, youngest
daughter and co-heir of Sir Ro-
bert Mounson, of Carlton, in
Lincolnshire, the following issue,
William, who was involved in
the Duke of Monmouth's re-
bellion, and suifered death
at Kennington, 29th June,
1685.
Monson,) died young and un-
Jolin, $ married.
Mary, to. first, in 1663, to John
Stow, esq. of Newton ; and
secondly, to Robert Heron,
esq. of Newark-upon-Trent.
Penelope, died young.
Sarah, b. in 1628.
Bridget, to. 21st June, 1669, to
Francis Bussy, esq. a cap-
tain in the army, slain in
Flanders.
Elizabeth, baptized 8th Octo-
ber, 1642, >k. to the Rev.
Francis Clarke, minister of
Stoke, Notts.
Diana, b. in 1646.
Catherine, b. 16th October,
1650, to. to — Seymour,
gent, of London.
2. Daniel, barrister at law, b. in
1616, m. in 1639, Eleanor, third
daughter of Thomas, Viscount
Beaumont, and had three sons,
who all d. young and issueless.
3. Richard,* a captain in the
army, b. in 1624, to. Jane,
daughter of William Wreight-
man, esq. of Stoke, in Notts, and
had issue,
William, who became of Nor-
ton D'Isney at the decease
of his uncle Colonel Moly-
neux D'Isney, in 1694, but
died unmarried in 1722,
when the estate passed to
the line of his younger bro-
ther, the rector of Blox-
ham.
Richard, in holy orders, rec-
* There were four intermediate sons, who died
all s. p.
tor of Bloxham, Lincoln-
shire, to. first, Rebecca,
daughter of the Rev. Henry
Wych, of Sutton, in Surrey,
and had a daughter, Anne.
He wedded, secondly, Brid-
get, daughter of Eakins
Lenton, esq. of Wigtoft, in
the county of Lincoln, and
had,
Bridget, b. in 1661.
Anne, to. first, 26th Ja-
nuary, 1681, to Timothy
Boole, esq. of Naven-
by ; and secondly, to
John Gilman, esq. of
Canwick, both in Lin-
colnshire.
4. Elizabeth, to. to Samuel Fisher,
gent.
5. Mary, to. in 1647 to Bartholo-
mew Lascelles, esq. of Elston,
Notts.
Sir Henry D'Isney wedded, secondly, Elea-
nor, daughter of Thomas Grey, esq. of
Langley, in the county of Leicester, by
whom he had two other sons, viz.
ii. John, of whom presently.
ill. Thomas, in holy orders, rector of
Stoke Hammond, Bucks, b. in 1606,
to. Joan, daughter of Edward W ilks,
esq. of Leighton Buzzard, and had,
(with a daughter Frances, the wife of
Henry Hawes, esq. of Prince Res-
borough, Bucks), a son,
The Rev. Matthew D'Isney, rec-
tor of Blechley, who m. first,
Sarah, daughter and co-heir of
Samuel Ironside, esq. of Heath,
in Bedfordshire, and had a
daughter,
Frances, to. to Philip Leman,
esq.
He wedded, secondly, Mary,
relict of Paul Dayrell, esq. of
Lillingston Dayrell, and by this
marriage was grandfather of
The Rev. William D'Isney,
D.D. rector of Pluckley, in
Kent, formerly professor Of
Hebrew in the University of
Cambridge, b. in 1731, m.
Anna-Maria, daughter and
co-heir of John Smyth, esq.
of Chart Sutton, in Kent.
Sir Henry's second son (the elder of the
second marriage),
John D'Isney, esq. of Swinderby, in the
county of Lincoln, b. 30th November, 1603,
to. 25th January, 1636, Barbara, daughter
of Gervase Lee, esq. of Norwell Hall, Notts,
and had two sons, viz.
Gervase, b. in 1641, his successor.
Daniel, heir to his brother.
154
DISNEY, OF THE HYDE.
He d. 10th January, 1680-1, and was s. by
his elder son, _
Gervase Disney, esq. of Swinderby, who
7». first, Rebecca, daughter of John Spate-
man, esq. of Rednooke, in Derbyshire, and
secondly, Mrs. Mary Serle, of Lambeth,
but dying issueless, 3rd April, 1691, was s.
by his brother,
Daniel Disney, esq. of the city of Lin-
coln, who then became also " of Swinderby.
He m. in 1674, Catherine, youngest daugh-
ter and co-heir of Henry Fynes Clinton,*
esq. of Kirkstcd, in Lincolnshire, by whom
he had a son, .
John, who was of Lincoln, and m the
commission of the peace for that
county, but having taken his degree
of master of arts, afterwards, .entered
into holy orders, and was inducted
to the vicarage of St. Mary's, Not-
tingham. He was born 26th Decem-
ber, 1677, and dying in the life time
of his father, 3rd February, 1729-30,
left by his wife, Mary, daughter and
heir of William Woolhouse, M.D.
of North Muskham, Notts, whom he
m. 20th May, 1698, six sons and
three daughters, viz.
1. John, heir to his grandfather.
2. Henry, of Newcastle, M.D. b.
15th January, 1701, d. 4th No-
vember, 1760, nt. Martha, sister
and heir of John Roebuck, esq.
of Heath, in the county of York,
and had a son,
Henry Woolhouse Disney,
esq. of Ingress, in Kent, b.
in 1733, inherited his grand-
mother's estate, at North
Muskham, and assumed upon
succeeding to those of his
maternal uncle, John Roe-
buck, esq. the surname of
Roebuck.
3. William, d. young.
* This gentleman was eldest son of the Hon. Sir
Henry Fynes-Clinton, of kirksted, son of Henry,
second Earl of Lincoln, by his second wife, Eli-
zabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Morryson, knt.
and widow of William, eldest son of Henry, first
Lord Norreys, of Ryeote, (see Burkes Peerage
and Baronetage, Duke of Newcastle). Sir Richard
Morryson was m. to Bridget, eldest daughter of
the attainted and beheaded Lord HussEv.by Lady
Anne Grey, daughter of George, Earl of Kent :
through this line Catherine Disney (Clinton)
could claim alliance with the blood royal of
England, and the most illustrious and noble
families in the kingdom, including the historical
names of Grey, Barons Grey de Ruthyn, Herbert,
Earls of Pembroke, Percy, of Northumberland,
Mortimer, Earls of March, Nevil, Dacre, Stafford,
Beaufort, Fitzhugh, Stourton, &c. She could
trace descent from many of the sovereign houses
of Europe.
4. Daniel, whose only son,
Daniel, a major in the army,
d. in 1780.
5. Samuel, in holy orders, in.
Margery, youngest daughter of
Francis Proctor, esq. of Thorpe
on the Hill, and left issue, at
his decease in 1741, but his line
is now extinct.
6. Gervase, of Pontefract, m. in
1736, Mary, daughter of William
Thorpe, esq. of Nottingham, and
left four daughters, namely,
1. Martha, in. in 1763, to
Robert Thorpe, esq. of Blid-
worth, Notts.
2. Harriet, m, in 1763, to
Robert Alexander, surgeon.
3. Henrietta.
4. Lucy, in. in 1784, to the
Rev. Thomas Lund, rector
of Par ton le Street.
7. Mary, in. to Benjamin Shcaker,
esq. a captain in Colonel Kirk's
regiment of foot.
8. Catherine, in. to David Hous-
ton, esq. of Houston.
9. Martha, m. to Metcalfe Proctor,
esq. of Thorpe.
Mr. Disney d. 29th August, 1734, and was
s. by his grandson,
John Disney, esq. of Swinderby, and of
the city of Lincoln, b. 3rd April. 170(1, and
served the office of sheriff for Nottingham-
shire, the year before the death of his
grandfather, in. 29th December, 1730,
Frances, youngest daughter of George Cart-
wright, esq. of Ossington, Notts, by whom
(who d. 5th January, 1791) he had issue,
i. Lewis, who inherited Swinderby, b.
9th October, 1738, in. 16th Septem-
ber, 1775, Elizabeth, only daughter
and heir of William Ffytche, esq.
governor of Bengal, and heir likewise
to her uncle, Thomas Ffytche, esq.
of Danbury Place, in the county of
Essex, in consequence of which he
assumed by sign manual, 27th Sep-
tember, 1775, the additional surname
and arms of Ffytche, and became
Lewis Disney- Ffytche, esq. of
Swinderby, in the county of Lincoln,
and of Danbury Place, in Essex.
He died 22nd September, 1822, leav-
ing two daughters, his co-heirs, viz.
1. Frances - Elizabeth, b. 29th
August, 1776, in. 21st February,
1800, to William Hillary, esq.
now Sir William Hillary, hart.
2. Sophia, m. to her cousin ger-«
man, the present John Disney,
esq. of the Hyde.
II. Frederick, a major in the army, b.
12th October, 1741, d. tram, at Lin-
coln, 13th June, 1788.
HIGGINS, OF SKELLOW GRANGE.
155
III. John, in holy orders,
iv. Mary, m. in 1753, Edmund Turnor,
esq. of Stoke Rochford (see family
of Tlirnor, of Stoke Rochford,
vol. i. p. 301).
Mr. Disney died 26th January, 1771, and
was s. by his eldest son and heir, Lewis
Disney, esq. whose line terminated as
stated above. His youngest son,
The Rev. John Disney, of the Hyde,
D.D. sometime rector of Panton, and vicar
of Swinderby, in the county of Lincoln, b.
17th September, 1746, m. 17th November,
1774, Jane, eldest daughter of the Rev.
Francis Blackburne, A.M. rector of Rich-
mond, Yorkshire, and archdeacon of Cleve-
land, by whom he had,
John, his heir.
Algernon, b. at Flintham Hill, 1st June,
1780.
Frances-Mary, b. 7th August, 1775.
Mr. Disney d. 26th December, 1816, and
was s. by his elder son, the present John
Disney, esq. of the Hyde.
Arms— Arg. on a fesse gules, three fleurs
de lis or.
Crest — A lion passant guardant gules.
Estates— At the Hyde, in Essex, and at
Corscombe, Dorsetshire.
Seat — The Hyde, near Ingateston, Essex.
HIGGINS, OF SKELLOW GRANGE.
HIGGINS, GODFREY, esq. of Skellow Grange, in the county of York, b. 9th
July, 1801, s. his father 9th August, 1833.
Mr. Higgins is a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant of the West Riding.
Hfntnge.
asdabs
This gentleman representing a branch of
the ancient family of Copley, we shall com-
mence by tracing that line.
Adam de Copley, slain at the siege of
York, anno 1070, was lineally progenitor of
Sir William Copley, knt. whose will
bears date in the first year of Queen Mary.
He m. first, temp. Henry VIII. Dorothy,
daughter and co-heir of Sir William Fitz-
william, of Sprotborough,* by whom he ac-
quired that estate, and had a son,
* Sprotborough came to the Fitzwilliams (an-
cestors of Earl Fitzwilliam) by the marriage, soon
after the conquest, of Sir William Fitzwilliam, knt.
with Eleanor, daughter and heiress of Sir John
Elmley, of Elmley and Sprotborough.
I. Philip, who inherited Sprotborough,
and m. Mary, daughter of Sir Bryan
Hastings, knt. He d. 19th October,
1577, and from him directly sprang,
Sir Godfrey Copley, bart. of
Sprotborough, so created 17th
June, 1661, who was s. by his
son,
Sir Godfrey Copley, second
baronet, who left at his de-
cease, when the title expired,
an only daughter,
Catherine Copley, who
m. Joseph Moyle, esq.
second son of Sir Wal-
ter Moyle, knt. ofBeke,
and had a son,
Joseph Moyle, esq.
who, upon suc-
ceeding to Sprot-
borough, on the
demise of his kins-
man, Lionel Cop-
ley, esq. in 1766, to
whose father Sir
Godfrey bequeath-
ed that estate, as-
sumed, by act of
parliament, the sur-
name of Copley
only, and was cre-
ated a baronet in
1778. (Refer to
Burke's Peerage
and Baronetage.)
1.06
HIGGINS, OF SKELLOW GRANGE.
Sir William wedded, secondly, Margaret,
daughter of Piers Savage, esq. of Hatfield,
and had four other sons, viz.
ii. Francis, of Mansfield-Woodhouse,
who d. in 1580.
in. Christopher, of whom presently.
iv. John, of Broughton, d. s.p.
v. Philip, in holy orders, rector of
Sprotborough, d. s. p. in 1596.
The third son,
Christopher Copley, esq. purchased an
estate at Wadworth, in the county of York,
and seated himself there. He m. Susan, re-
lict of James Rolston,esq. of Tanshelf, and
daughter of Hugh Cressy, by whom he had
issue,
William, his heir.
Susan, m. to William Copley, esq. of
Nether Hall, in Yorkshire.
Mary, m. first, to Ralph Boswell, esq.
of Gunthwaite ; and secondly, to Fulk
Greville.
Mr. Copley was s. at his decease (Inq. P.M.
4th January, 160G) by his son,
William Copley, esq. of Wadworth, born
in 1576, who wedded Anne, daughter of
Gervas Cressy, esq. of Birkin, and relict of
Lionel Rolston,esq.of Gunthwaite, by whom
(who d. 26th January, 1645) he had
I. Christophek.
ii. Lionel.
hi. Susan, m. to Thomas St. Nicholas,
esq. of Ashe, near Sandwich.
He d. 20th May, 1658, and was s. by his
elder son,
Christopher Copley, esq. of Wadworth.
This gentleman espoused, in 1628, Eliza-
beth, daughter of Gervas Bosvile, esq. of
Warmsworth, and had one son, William,
who d. s. p. and three daughters, of whom
the second m. Timothy St. Nicholas, esq. ;
and the youngest wedded — Peatt, esq. of
Leicestershire. He died in 1664, and was
s. by his brother,
Lionel Copley, esq. of Rotherham and
Copley, who m. Fitzalina, daughter of
George Warde, esq. of Capesthorne, in
Cheshire, and relict of John Wheeler, esq.
of London, by whom (who d. 6th November,
1696, aged eighty-five), he left at his de-
cease, in 1675 (will dated 20th November in
that year),
Lionel, his heir.
Castiliana, m. first, to John Beckwith,
esq. of Staningford, and secondly, to
the Rev. Thomas Maleverer.
Anne, m. to John Crofts, esq.
The son,
Lionel Copley, esq. of Wadworth, who
was governor of Hull, and afterwards of
Maryland, m. 20th June, 1676, Anne, dau. of
Sir Philip Boteler, K. B. of Walton Wood-
hall, Herts, and, dying beyond the seas, left
a daughter Anne, the wife of Isaac Milner,
of London, and a son, his successor,
Lionel Copley, esq. of Wadworth. born
16th July, 1677, who, inheriting under the
will of Sir Godfrey Copley, the estate of
Sprotborough, in the county of York, volun-
tarily bound up that property in strict en-
tail to his male issue only, in remainder, not
to the children of his own daughters, but to
the issue of Catherine Moyjle, the only
child of Sir Godfrey. He wedded, on the
28th August, 1699, Mary, daughter and
heiress of — Wilson, esq. of Burril, and
had issue,
Godfrey, b. 14th November, 1706, in-
herited Sprotborough, m. Anne-Ma-
ria, daughter of John Thurloe Brace,
esq. grandson of secretary Thurloe,
but left no issue at his decease, 21st
April, 1761. He had been divorced
from his wife, 2nd May, 1748, and
the lady wedded, secondly, William
Parkins, esq. of Crainsby.
Lionel, b. 5th November, 1709, s. to
Sprotborough at the decease of his
brother, but died unmarried in 1766,*
when Sprotborough passed under the
entail to Joseph AfoYLB, esq. son of
Catherine Movie, who thereupon
assumed the surname of Copley onl\ ,
as already stated.
William, died young.
Castiliana, b. 27th August, 1700, in. to
the Rev. Charles \\ illatts, rector of
Plumtree, Notts.
Mary, b. in 17112, m. to Willian Par-
kv ns, esq. of Mortemley, and died in
1736.
Catherine, died young.
Anne.
The youngest daughter,
Anne Copley, b. 27th June, 1714, es-
poused Richard Higgins, esq. of York,
and had an onlyr son,
Godfrey Higgins, esq. who purchased
from the family of Anne, of Burgh Wallis,
the manor of Skellow, and certain demesne
lands which lay close to the Grange. He
wedded Miss Christiana Matterson, and had
issue,
Godfrey, his heir.
Christiana, m. to William Marshall,
esq. of Newton Kyme.
* Some of the Copley family (says Hunter, in
his History of Doncaster), like their relations, the
Bosviles of Gunthwaite, and the Lord Brooke,
were distinguished in the service of the parliament
during the civil wars. The little banner of one of
them (for each of the officers of the parliament army
had his pennon, like those which had been seen a
century before in the tournament), displayed an
arm and hand grasping a scymitar, the hand of
which was the cross moline, with the motto, " For
Reformation ;" while another displayed a knighi
on his charger, caparisoned, with the motto,
" Nay, but as a captain of the host of the Lord am
I come."
HIGGINS, OF SKELLOW GRANGE.
I-
o/
Mr. Higgins <L 23rd May, 1794, when sole
representative of his grandfather, Lionel
Copley, and was s. by his son,
Godfrey Higgins, esq. F.S.A.,* of Skel-
low Grange, in the county of York, a justice
of the peace for the West Riding. This
gentleman m. Jane, only daughter and
heiress of Richard Thorp, esq. of Miln-
thorp, near Wakefield, and had one son and
two daughters, viz.
Godfrey, his successor.
Jane, in. to Lieutenant-general Sharpe,
of Hoddam Castle, Dumfries-shire,
M.P. for the Dumfries boroughs.
Charlotte, died young.
Mr. Higgins d. 9th August, 1833, and was s.
* This gentleman, who enjoyed considerable li-
terary reputation, is thus spoken of by the Rev.
Joseph Hunter, in his History of South Yorkshire.
" Skellow Grange will be remembered as the house
in which Mr. Higgins followed those trains of
thought which led to the production of Ins work,
entitled ' Celtic Druids,' and of a still more pro-
found work, now nearly completed, to which he
purposes to give the title of ' Anacalypsis, or an
attempt to draw aside the Saitic Veil of Isis.' In
both of these works he descends into the very
depths of antiquity, the times long before the com-
mencement of written history, and when the only
traces of human existence are certain rude and
mighty works, gigantic pillars, wide circles, edi-
fices uncemented, and, more elaborate than the rest,
the Pyramids. In the ' Celtic Druids' we have a
most valuable collection of prints, exhibiting many
of their remains ; and we have also the part of his
great system, in which the British nation is more
particularly interested, for he regards the Druids,
and our Druidical system, as a fragment of a mighty
sovereignty of priests, and as a relic of that state
of high cultivation which he supposes to have ex-
isted in the earliest ages of society, when there
was one great empire reaching from the Eastern to
the Western Ocean, the seat of government being
in North India, from about the 35th to the 4.5th
degree of latitude. These are researches which
make the antiquities of such a work as this but
mere modern inventions, and the inquiries after
by his son, the present Godfrey Higgins,
esq. of Skellow Grange.
Arms — Erm. on a fesse sa. three towers,
arg.
Crest — Out of a tower sa. a lion's head
arg.
Estates — Skellow, purchased by the pre-
sent proprietor's grandfather. Wadworth,
inherited from Anne Copley, heiress of the
second branch of the family of Copley, both
near Doncaster. Milnthorp, near Wake-
field, derived from the present possessor's
mother, Jane, heiress of Thorp. Foxup, in
Craven, purchased by the late Godfrey
Higgins.
Seat — Skellow Grange, near Doncaster.
manors and churches but matters of less than in-
significancy. Still there is a stability when we
feel that we are proceeding by the light of the
written contemporaneous record, which may com-
pensate for the nearness and narrowness of our
view.
" The active mind of Mr. Higgins has also been
directed upon objects of great local utility. In
the exercise of his magisterial duties he became
acquainted with what was the state of the asylum
at York for the reception of lunatics, and to his
persevering exertions it chiefly is owing that a great
reform was accomplished in that establishment.
This led him to other views of the possibility of
improving the condition of such unfortunate per-
sons in a lower rank of life, and to him is princi-
pally to be attributed the erection of the house for
the pauper lunatics of the West Riding, erected
near to the town of Wakefield, where, under the
very able superintendence of Dr. Ellis, every ex-
pectation from it has been satisfied."
Mr. Higgins was author of another work, en-
titled " Mahomed, or the Illustrious ; an Apology
for the Life and Character of the celebrated Pro-
phet of Arabia," 1829, 8vo. A refutation of some
of the opinions promulgated in this book was pub-
lished in the " Gentleman's Magazine" for January,
1830, by Edfvard Upham, esq. author of the " His-
tory of Budhism ;" to which Mr. Higgins replied
in the following month, and Mr. Upham rejoined
in March.
158
Campbell, of Barquharrie, is a cadet of
Cressnock, one of the most ancient ami dis-
tinguished families in Scotland.
Sir Duncan Campbell, grandson of Sir
Colin More Campbell, ancestor of the
Dukes of Argyll, wedded about the year
1ST8, Susannah, only daughter and heir of
Sir Reginald Craufurd, (see vol. i. p. 552)
and left a son,
Sir Andrew Campbell, of Loudoun, he-
ritable sheriff of Ayr, whose lineal des-
cendant,
Sir Hugh Campbell, bart. of Cressnock,
s. in May, 1630. He espoused Elizabeth,
second daughter* and co-heir of John Camp-
bell, master of Loudoun, by Jean, his wife,
daughter of John Fleming, firs* Earl of
Wigton, and had issue,
George, whose eventual representative,
Margaret Campbell, m. 29th July,
1697, Alexander, second Earl of
Marchmont, and had issue,
1. George, Lord Polwarth, who
d. unmarried, 1724.
2. Patrick, d. also in 1724.
CAMPBELL, OF BARQUHARRIE AND SOMBEG.
CAMPBELL, JOHN, esq. of Sombeg, in the shire of Ayr, b. 11th March, 1785,
a magistrate, and deputy-lieutenant for that county.
Hmeage.
3. High, third Earl of March-
mont, the learned and witty-
associate of Lord Cobham,
Walpole, and Pope, to the
last of whom he was executor.
4. Alexander, Lord Clerk Re-
gister of Scotland.
5. Anne, who m. Sir William
Purves, bart. of Purves Hall,
grandfather of the present Sir
\\ hi i \m Purves - Hume -
Campbell, bart. of Purves
Hall, in the county of Ber-
wick, (see Burke's Peerage
and Haronctage).
James, ancestor of Campbell, of Trees-
bank.
Hugh, of whom presently.
John, ancestor ot Campbell, of Fair-
field.
Sir Hugh Campbell d. 20th September,
1686, aged seventy-one. He had been ar-
raigned the preceding year, as a participa-
tor in the Ryehouse plot, and found
guilty ; for which he suffered confinement
in the state prison of the bass, and had
his estates confiscated. There is little
doubt, however, but that the accusation was
a false one. The trial, as detailed by the
accurate Wodrow is extremely interesting.
A large portion of the forfeited lands was
restored by act of parliament passed in
1690, to his eldest son, but the baronetcy
never has been revived. His third son,
Hugh Campbell, esq. designed of Barqu-
harrie, and of Mayfield and Milrigg, in
Ayrshire, espoused 5th June, 1702, Marga-
ret, second daughter of David Boswell, esq.
of Auchinleck, and had an only son,
Hugh Campbell, esq. of Barquharrie,
who m. 10th January, 1727, Margaret, dau.
of David Henderson, esq. of Tinnochside,
and had three sons, Hugh, Claud, and Bruce,
the two former dying unmarried, the estates
and representation of this branch of the
Campbell family devolved, in 1782, on the
third son,
Bruce Campbell, esq. of Barquharrie,
who wedded, in February, 1772, Annabella,
daughter of James Wilson, esq. of Kilmar-
nock, and had issue,
i. Hugh, of Barquharrie, a justice of
the peace for the county of Ayr, and
captain in the 85th regiment, who m.
18th December, 1797, Sophia, young-
est daughter of Thomas Barber, esq.
* The elder daughter,
Margaret Cambbell, s. her grandfather, in
1622, in the Barony of Loudoun. Her ladyship
m. in 1620, Sir John Campbell, of Lawers, who
was elevated to the peerage of Scotland in 1633,
by the titles of Baron Farrinveane and Mauchline,
and Earl of Loudoun. The lineal descendant
and representative of this marriage is the present
Flora - Muir Campbell - Rawdon - Hastings,
Countess of Loudoun, and Marchioness
Dowager of Hastings. (^Burke's Peerage
and Baronetage).
CONOLLY. OF CASTLETOWN.
159
o** Greasley, in Nottinghamshire, and
dying at Bath, oth January, 1824,
left issue,
1. Hugh-Bruce, of Barquharrie,
now residing at Nottingham, b. 8th
April, 1803, who m. first, Anne,
dau. of — Hurd, esq. of Kentish
Town, hy whom he had no issue,
and secondly, in October, 1832,
Elizabeth, daughter of E. Werge,
esq. of Hexgrave Park, in the
county of Nottingham.
2. Thomas-Alexander.
3. William.
4. John.
5. Anne, m. to George Douglas,
Esq. of Rodinghead, N. B.
6. Annabella, m. to William Co-
myn, esq. of the county of Clare.
7. Sophia-Elizabeth, m. to Denis
Browne, esq. of Brownestown,
Ireland.
II. Bruce, b. 25th May, 1775, captain
E. I. Company's naval service, died
unmarried.
ill. Alexander, born 23rd September,
1779, a captain in the 74th regiment,
and of distinguished bravery ; of his
services, particularly at the memo-
rable battle of Assaye, honorable
mention is frequently made in Col.
Welch's reminiscences of India. He
died of his wounds, in October, 1805,
unmarried,
iv. John, now of Sombeg.
v. William, b. 4th May, 1788, d. in
January, 1830.
VI. Euphemia, m. to her cousin, Hugh
Wilson, esq. of Kilmarnock, and died
in 1817, leaving a son, Hugh-Camp-
bell Wilson.
vii. Marianne, d. in April, 1825, unm.
Mr. Campbell became a partner in the Ayr
bank, a short time before its failure, on
which event his estates, previously very
considerable, were much reduced. He died
in February, 1813, aged seventy-nine, and
was s. by his eldest son, Hugh, of Balqu-
harrie. His fourth son is the present John
Campbell, esq. of Sombeg.
Arms — Gironny of eight, or and sa. within
a bordure gu. charged with eight escallops
of the first, and a canton, also gironny of
eight pieces, erm. and gu.
Crest — A phoenix head erased.
Motto — Constanter et prudenler.
Estates — In Ayrshire.
Seat — Sombeg, in that shire.
CONOLLY, OF CASTLETOWN.
CONOLLY, EDWARD-MICHAEL, esq. of Castletown, in the county of Kildare,
lieutenant-colonel of the Donegal militia, and M. P. for
that shire, b. 24th August, 1786, m. 20th May, 1819,
Catherine-Jane, daughter of Chambre-Brabazon Pon-
sonby-Barker, esq.* by the Lady Henrietta Taylour, his
wife, daughter of Thomas, Earl of Bective, and has issue,
Thomas, b. in 1823.
Chambre-Brabazon .
Edward-Frederick.
Arthur-Wellesley.
John Augustus.
Louisa- Augusta.
XX Harriet.
Mary.
Fanny.
This gentleman relinquished his patronymic, Packen-
ham, upon inheriting the estates of the late Right Hon.
Thomas Conolly, at the demise of Lady Louisa Conolly,
his widow, in 1821, and assumed the surname and arms
of Conolly.
Colonel Conolly is a magistrate in the counties of Kildare, Dublin, and Donegal, and
a deputy-lieutenant in Donegal and Kildare, for both which shires he has served the
office of sheriff.
* This gentleman, who assumed the additional surname of Babkek, is son of Chambre-Brabazon
Ponsonby, esq. and great-grandson of William Ponsonby, first Viscount Duncannon.
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CONOLLY, OF CASTLETOWN.
ILincnge.
The Packenhams, branching from an
ancient Suffolk family, were established in
Ireland, bv
Sir Edward Packenham, knt. who ac-
companied his cousin, Sir Henry Sidney,
into that kingdom, anno 1576, when Sir
Henry went to assume the government, as
lord-lieutenant there. Sir Edward Pack-
enham's grandson,
Henry Packenham, esq. was seated at
Packenham Hall, in the county of West-
meath, in the reign of Charles I. having so
designated the lands of Tullynally, which
he had acquired by grant from the crown.
He d. in 1691, and (referring to Bdrre's
Peerage and Baronetage)we pass to his great
grandson,
Thomas Packenham, esq. who having
wedded in 1739, Elizabeth, daughter and
sole heiress of Michael Cull'e, esq. and niece
of Ambrose Aungier, second and last Earl
of Longford* of that family, was created, in
1756, Baron Longford, and in 1785 his
lady was raised to the rank of COUNTESS of
Longford. His lordship had, witli other
issue, Edward-Michael, his successor in
the barony, and
The Honorable
Sir Thomas Packenham, an admiral of
the Red Flag, and a knight grand cross of
the Bath, who wedded Louisa-Augusta, dan.
of the Right Hon. John Staples, and grand-
daughter of the Right Hon. William Co-
nolly, of Castletown, by whom he had issue,
I. Edward, who inherited the Castle-
town estates, and is the present Col.
Conolly.
ii. Thomas, of the East India Company's
service, Bengal, b. 12th October,
1787, »«. in February, 1813, Isabella-
Mary, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-
general Frederick-Augustus Wefh-
erell, by whom (who d. 10th Novem-
ber, 1827) he has a son, George.
III. William, b. 3rd February, 1789.
iv. John, captain R.N. b. 18th October,
1790, m. in August, 1817, Caroline-
Emily, third daughter of the late Sir
Home Popham, and has issue,
1. Thomas-Conolly.
2. Catherine.
3. Elizabeth.
4. Louisa-Barbara.
v. Richard, b. 19th May, 1797, a di-
plomatist.
vi. Robert, in holv orders, b. 4th June,
1799, to. 30th June, 1829, Harriet-
Maria, youngest daughter of the late
This Earldom of Longford expired in 1704.
Right Hon. Denis Browne, and has
issue.
vn. Henry, b. 17th June, 1805, lieut.
royal navy,
vni. Arthur, 6.23rd December, 1810.
ix. Louisa-Anne, to. 1st September,
1814, to William Dutton Pollard, esq.
of Castle Pollard, in the county of
Westmeath.
X. Elizabeth.
XI. Henrietta, to. 10th April, 1826, to
the Rev. John Hare.
XII. Catherine, died lltli May, 1821,
unmarried.
xni. Sarah, w. 1st March, 1831, to
Samuel Law, esq.
xiv. Helen.
xv. Emilv, d. 8th July, 1821, unm.
The Right Hon.
William CONOLLY, speaker of the house
of commons in Ireland, in the reign of Queen
Anne, first lord of tin' treasury until his
decease, temp. George II. and ten times
sworn one of the lords justices of that king-
dom, espoused the Hon. Catherine Conyng-
ham, sister of Henry, first Earl Conyng-
ham, by whom he acquired large estates
in Ulster. Dying s. p. he was t. by his
nephew,
The Right Hon.
William Conolly, who espoused the Lady
Anne Wentworth, eldest dau. of Thomas,
Earl of Strafford, K.G. ambassador to the
court of Utrect, son of Sir Peter Went-
worth, and nephew of Thomas Wentworth,
Earl of Strafford, who was beheaded in the
reign of Charles I. By this lady, Mr.
Conolly had one son and four daughters, viz.
I. Thomas, his heir.
ii. Anne, to. to George Byng, esq. M.P.
for Middlesex (see vol. i. p. 14).
in. Harriet, who tn. the Right Hon.
John Staples, M. P. and was mother
of
Louisa - Augusta Staples, who
wedded, as already stated, Ad-
miral, the Honorable Sir Thomas
Packenham, G. C. B. and had,
with other issue, a son and heir,
Edward- Michael Packen-
ham, successor to his grand-
uncle. Right Hon. Thomas
Conolly.
iv. Frances, to. to William, Viscount
Howe, K.B. and d. s. p.
v. Caroline, to. to John, Earl of Buck-
inghamshire, then lord-lieutenant of
Ireland, and was mother of Emily,
Marchioness of Londonderry.
THROCKMORTON, OF MOLLAND.
1G1
Mr. Conolly's son and heir,
Thk Right Hon. Thomas Conolly, a
member, like his lather, of the privy coun-
cil, in Ireland, was one of the deputation
appointed by the parliament of that king-
dom to offer the regency to the Prince of
Wales, on the first indisposition of George
III. This gentleman wedded Lady Louisa-
Augusta Lenox, daughter of Charles, third
Duke of Richmond, but died without issue,
when a life interest in his estates vested in
his widow, at whose decease they passed to
the grandson of his sister, Harriet, wife of
the Right Honorable John Staples, his
grand-nephew, Edward-Michael Packen-
ham, esq. who assumed, as already stated,
the surname and arms of Conolly only.
Arms— Arg. on a saltier sa. five escallous
of the field. l
Crest — A cubit arm erect, vested gu. cuff
arg. holding in the hand an annulet arg.
Motto — En Dieu est tout.
Estates — The manors of Castletown and
Leixlip, in Kildare, of Rathfarnham, in
Dublin, of Ballyshannon and Parkhill, in
Donegal, besides estates in Roscommon, and
the King's County, all purchased by his
Excellency the Right Hon. William Conolly,
speaker of the house of commons, and lord
justice of Ireland.
Town Residence — 20, Grosvenor Square.
Seats — Castletown, Celbridge, and Cliff,
Ballyshannon, Ireland.
THROCKMORTON, OF MOLLAND.
THROCKMORTON, ROBERT-GEORGE, esq. of Molland, in the county of
Devon, b. 5th December, 1800, m. 16th July, 1829, Elizabeth, only daughter of Sir
John Acton, bart. of Aldenham, and has issue,
Robert-Charles-Courtenay, b. 1st April, 1831.
Mary- Elizabeth-Frances.
Mr. Throckmorton inherited the Courtenay estates upon the present Sir Charles
Throckmorton's succeeding his elder brother in the baronetcy. He is a magistrate,
deputy-lieutenant, and M.P. for the county of Berks.
Htncage.
Sir Philip Courtenay, knt. of Powder-
ham Castle, who s. to the estates in 1415,
espoused Elizabeth, daughter of Walter,
Lord Hungerford, and acquired by the al-
liance the manor of Molland Botreaux, in
Devonshire. He had issue,
William (Sir), his successor, of Pow-
2.
derham Castle, high sheriff of Devon
in 1483. From this gentleman line-
ally descends William, present Earl
of Devon.
Philip (Sir), of Molland.
Peter, Bishop of Winchester. This
prelate was one of the great persons
who invited Henry, Earl of Rich-
mond to make an effort for the crown,
and aided him in his subsequent vic-
torious career.
Edmund (Sir), of Deviock, who m. first,
Alice, daughter and heiress of John
Wottou, esq. and secondly, Joan,
daughter and heir of Edward Dv-
mock, esq. From this Sir Edmund
descended the Cornish Courtenays.
Walter (Sir), who m. Alice, daughter
and co-heir of Walter de Kilrington,
which lady m. secondly, Sir John
Vere.
John (Sir), who was made a knight
banneret by Edward IV. after the
battle of Tewkesbury.
Humphrey, who left an only daughter
m. to Thomas Carew, esq. (eminently
M
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THROCKMORTON, OF MOLLAND.
distinguished at Flodden). This lady
conveyed to her husband the manor
of Bickleigh.
Philippa, rn. to Sir Thomas Fulford.
Anne, m. first, to William Palton, of
Umberleigh,and secondly, to Richard
Trewin.
The second son,
Sir Philip Courtenay, who had Molland,
in the county of Devon, given him for his
portion, was high sheriff for that shire 10th
Edward IV. He m. a daughter of Robert
Hingeston, of Wouewell, and had issue,
John, his heir.
William, seated at Loughtorr, in the
county of Devon, who had a son,
Sir Philip Courtenay, of Lough-
torr, who m. Jane, daughter of
Richard Fowel, of Fowelscomb,
and had an only daughter,
Elizabeth, m. to William
Strode, of Neverham.
Sir Philip's widow wedded se-
condly, Humphrey Prideaux, of
Adeston and Tliuborough, and
from this marriage derive the
present Sir John-Wilmot Pri-
deaux, of Netherton, and the
present Charles Pride u \-
Brl'ne, esq. of Prideaux Place,
(see vol. i. p. 203).
Elizabeth, m. to Edward, Earl of Devon-
shire.
Margaret, m. to Sir John Champernoune,
of Modbury.
The eldest son and heir,
John Courtenay, esq. of Molland, es-
poused Joan, daughter of Robert Brett, of
Pillond, in Bilton parish, and dying in the
year 1510, was buried in Molland church.
From this John, the family of Courtenay
continued seated in igh respectability at
Molland, down to the year 1732, when
John Courtenay, esq. of Molland, the
last heir male of this branch of the family
died without issue, leaving a sister,
Miss Courtenay, heiress to Molland,
who wedded William Paston, esq. of Hor-
ton, in Gloucestershire, and left an only dau.
Anna-Maria Paston, who espoused
George Throckmorton, esq.* son of Sir
* For a full account of the ancient family of
Throckmorton, refer to Dugdale's History of War-
wickshire, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, &c.
Robert Throckmorton, bart. of Coughton,
in the county of Warwick, and had issue,
i. John Courtenay, who inherited the
baronetcy at the decease of his grand-
father, in 1791. He d. in 1819, and
was s. by his brother.
ii. George (Sir), who had assumed the
additional surname and arms of
Courtenay, upon inheriting the es-
tates of the Courtenays, of Molland.
He d. s. p. 1826.
hi. Charles (Sir), who had likewise
taken the name of Courtenay: suc-
ceeding, however, to the Throckmor-
ton baronetcy and estates in 1826,
Molland devolved upon his nephew,
the present Robert-GeorgeThrock-
MORTON, esq. of Molland.
iv. William, of whom presently.
v. Theresa, m. to Thomas Metcalf, esq.
of Bath, and had issue one son, Tho-
mas-Peter Metcalf, who assumed the
surname of More, and a daughter,
Maria-Theresa Metcalf, m. to Charles
Eyston, esq. of East Hendred House,
(see vol. i. p. 12).
The fourth son,
William Throckmorton, esq. espoused,
in January, 1798, Frances, dau. of Thomas
GifFard, esq. of ChKlington, (see vol. i. p.
208) and had issue,
Robert-George, his heir.
Nicholas-John, b. 23rd June, 1802.
Jervis St. Vinceut, b. 10th January,
1803.
Frances, d. at Paris, 11th March, 182i>.
Mary, m. lath October, 1827, to Tho-
mas Riddell, esq. of Felton, in Nor-
thumberland.
Mr. Throckmorton d. 30th March, 1819,
and was s. by his eldest son, the present
Robert - George Throckmorton, esq.
M.P. now in possession of the Courtenay
estates.
Arms — Gu. on a chev. arg. three bars
gemels sa.
Crest — An elephant's head.
Estates — Molland, in Devonshire, ana
Sampford Brett, in Somersetshire, Weston
Underwood, in Bucks, acquired by marriage
with the heiress of Olney, temp. Henry VI.
Seat — Buckland, Berkshire.
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MORGAN, OF GOLDEN GROVE.
MORGAN, EDWARD, esq. of Golden Grove, in the county of Flint, b. 1st April,
1793, m. first, 14th February, 1827, Charlotte, daughter
of Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle, esq. of Hartsheath, in the
same shire, and has a son,
George-Augustus, b. at Florence, 11th April, 1828.
He m. secondly, 30th July, 1832, Alice, daughter of
John Douglas, esq. of Gym, in Flintshire.
Mr. Morgan, who was educated at the Royal Military
College of Marlow, entered at an early age into the Royal
Fusileers, participated in almost every action in the Pe-
ninsula, and was severely wounded at the battle of A.1-
buera. He s. his father in 1831, and is a magistrate for
Flintshire.
Ht'nCcW.
Griffith, sixth in descent from Edny-
fed Vychan, m. Angharad, daughter and
heir of David Lloyd ap Tudor, ap Ithel
Vyehan, and had a son and successor,
Edward ap Griffith, who, by Angharad,
daughter of John ap Evan Teg, of Trecas-
tell, had a son,
Thomas ap Edward, who wedded Kathe-
rine, daughter of John ap Evan Vychan ap
Yolyn, of Rhydorddu, and had issue,
i. Morgan, his heir,
n. Hugh.
mi. Griffith.
IV. Foulk (Sir).
v. Agnes, m. to Hugh Thomas ap
Mwyndeg.
vi. Katherine, in. to Griffith Vychan
ap Llewelyn ap Bel.
The eldest son,
Morgan ap Thomas, espoused Elen,
daughter of Hugh ap John Cynrie ap Ithel,
and had issue,
i. Edward, his heir.
II. Janet, in. to Hugh ap David ap
Jenkyn.
III. Agnes, in. to John ap Rees, ap
John Benet.
iv. Alice, in. to John ap Hugh ap
Thomas Mwyndeg.
v. Catharine, in. to Ellis ap ReesWyn,
of Hope Dale.
The son and successor,
Edward Morgan, esq. " lawyer," as-
sumed his surname in the early part of Eli-
zabeth's reign. He wedded Catherine, dau.
of John Davies, esq. of Gwasaney, in the
! county of Flint, and had, with two daugh-
i ters, Margaret, m. to Edward Lloyd, esq.
! of Pentre Hobyn, and Maria, m. to John
i Conway, esq. of Bodrhyddan, a son and
I successor,
Edward Morgan, esq. " learned in the
law," who m. Anne, daughter of John
Conway, of Bodrhyddan, and dying 25th
February, 1G11, left a daughter, Catherine,
in. 28th August, 1611, to John Lloyd, gent,
of Gwyrch, and a son and heir,
Robert Morgan, esq. of Golden Grove,
living in 1622, who in. Catherine, daughter
of Sir William Jones, of Castell-y-march,
and had issue,
i. William, his heir.
II. Elizabeth, m. Edward Mostyn, esq.
of Talacre, and had a son, John Mos-
tyn, of Talacre and Greenfield, who
in. Anne, daughter of Henry Fox,
esq. of Lehurst, in Salop, and was
father of Edward Mostyn, esq. of
Talacre, created a Baronet, 22nd
Car. II. whose lineal descendant
and representative is the present
Sir Edward Mostyn, of Talacre,
bart. (See Burke's Peer ac/e
and Baronetage.)
in. Anne, in. to Thomas Humfries, of
Bodlweddan.
iv. Jane, in. to John Thelwall, esq. of
Llanrhydd.
v. Catharine, in. to Griffith Lloyd, of
Gwyrch.
vi. Dorothy, in. to Thomas Davies, esq.
colonel for Charles I. and constable
164
LONG, OF HAMPTON LODGE.
of Hawarden Castle, in 1643, who
was left guardian to his nephew,
Robert Davies, esq. of Gwysaney,
nominated in 1660, an intended
knight of the Royal Oak, (see vol. i.
p. 693).
Mr. Morgan was s. at his decease by his
son,
Captain William Morgan, of Golden
Grove, who m. Eliza, daughter of Tho-
mas Whitley, esq. of Aston, and had a son
and heir,
Edward Morgan, esq. who was slain at
Winnington Bridge, leaving, by Elizabeth,
his w ife, daughter of Thomas White, esq. a
son and successor,
Edward Morgan, esq. of Golden Grove,
who wedded Ursula, daughter of Sir Henry
Bunbury, hart, of Stanney, and had issue,
I. Edward, his heir.
II. Thomas, a captain in Barbadocs.
in. William.
iv. Elizabeth
v. Catharine, who lived at Chester.
Mr. Morgan died in 1682, and was s. by
his sou,
Edward Morgan, esq. of Golden Grove,
b. in 1669, who served the office of sheriff
for Flintshire in 1701. He m. Frances,
daughter of William Bankes, esq. of Wyn-
stanley, and had a daughter, Catherine,
m. to Robert Bankes, esq. of Wynstanley,
and a son,
Edward Morgan, esq. of Golden Grove,
who m. Anne, daughter and heiress of
Robert Crompton, esq. of Kinnerton and
Bache, in Cheshire, and had issue,
Crompton, who d. v. p. in 1734, unm.
Peter.
Elizabeth, d. unmarried.
Mr. Morgan, who was high sheriff of Flint-
shire in 1738, d. in 1749, and was s. by his
son,
Peter Morgan, esq. of Golden Grove,
high sheriff in 1752. This gentleman wedded
Margaret, daughter of John Hesketh, esq.
of Warrington, and dying in 1780, left a
daughter, Margaret, who d. unmarried, aud
a son and successor,
Edward Morgan, esq. of Golden Grove,
lieutenant-colonel of the Flintshire Militia,
a deputy lieutenant and magistrate for
nearly forty years, and high sheriff in 1792,
b. 7th August, 1759, who m. in April, 1792,
Louisa, daughter and co-heiress of the late
Thomas Griffith, esq. of Rhual, and had
issue,
I. Edward, his heir.
II. Augustus-Henry, of St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge.
in. Louisa - Henrietta, m. in March,
1823, Richard Augustus Tucker
Steward, esq. of Nottington House,
lieutenant - colonel of the Dorset
Militia, and late M. P. for Weymouth.
Mr. Morgan died 28th June, 1831, and was
s. by his elder son, the present Edward
Morgan, esq. of Golden Grove.
Arms — Quarterly; first, gu. a chevron
ermine between three Saxon's heads ppr. ;
secondly, arg. a pelican sa. feeding its young;
third, arg. between three boars' heads, a
chevron sa. ; fouth, a lion passant ppr.
Crests — A Saxon's head and a Cornish
chough ppr.
Motto — Heb Dduw heb ddim a Dduw
Digon.
Estates — In Flintshire, possessed by the
family prior to the Conquest.
Seat — Golden Grove, built in 1578.
LONG, OF HAMPTON LODGE.
LONG, HENRY-LAWES, esq. of Hampton Lodge, in the county of Surrey,
and of East Barnet, in the county of Herts, m. 25th
July, 1822, Lady Catharine Walpole, youngest daughter
of the late, and sister of the present Earl of Orford, and
has issue,
Charlotte-Caroline-Georgiana.
Catharine-Beatrice.
Emma-Sophia.
Mary- Elizabeth.
Mr. Long succeeded to the estates upon the demise of
his father in 1825.
LONG, OF HAMPTON LODGE.
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Hincage.
This family is of Wiltshire origin, where
various branches of that name have been
established for several centuries.*
John Longe, of Netheravon, in that
county, d. in 1630, leaving by Catharine,
his wife, besides an elder son John, a second
son,
Timothy Longe, born 1610, m. Jane, only
daughter of the Rev. Oliver Brunsell, vicar
of Wroughton,f in the county of Wilts, by
Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Martyn, of
Upham, in the parish of Albourne, in the
same county, and of the Inner Temple, by
Jane, daughter of Thomas Walrond, of Al-
bourne, forester in fee of that chace. He
died in 1691, and had issue,
I. Timothy Long, in holy orders, b. in
1636, rector of St. Alphage, London,
d. unm. 14th September, 1665, dur-
ing the great plague, as stated in
Peck's Desiderata.
ii. Samuel.
Samuel Long, second son, b. at Wrough-
ton in 1638, accompanied the expedition,
under Penn and Venables, which conquered
* C-.imden derives the name of Long from the
traditionary fact, that " a young gentleman of the
House of Preux," being a follower of the Lord
Treasurer Hungerford, was "preferred by him to
a good marriage," and adopted it by reason of his
stature. Leland designates him as " a stoute felaw
set up by one of the old Lords Hungerford."
The principal family of the name was very early
seated at South Wraxall, and afterwards at Dray-
cot, by marriage in the time of Henry VI. with
the heiress of Cerne. These properties were dis-
severed in 1610, when the male line of Wraxall
became extinct in 1715, and that of Draycot in
1805. There is now no known male issue exist-
ing of this family. Another extensive branch of
the name was early settled at Semington, Trow-
bridge, Whaddon, Monkton, and Rowd Ashton,
places in the vicinity of Wraxall, and at Becking-
ton and Stratton in Somersetshire. There is at
present no known male issue extant of this
branch. A third was early seated at Pottern and
Cheverell in the same vicinity, and became the
male ancestry of 11. G. Long, esq. of Rowd Ash-
ton, and of Walter Long, esq. of Preshaw, in
Hants. This branch acquired the possessions of
Wraxall, Rowd Ashton, &c. by an intermarriage
with the heir female of the INlonkton line, in
which they had centered in the person of the late
Walter Long, esq. who d. in 1807.
The mutual mention made of one another in
wills and various documents at early periods, by
different members of these four families, may be
received as presumptive evidence in favour of a
common ancestry.
t Her eldest brother, the Rev. Henry Brunsell,
LL.U. prebendary of Ely, and rector of Stretham,
in Cambridgeshire, m. one of the sisters of the
celebrated Sir Christopher Wren.
Jamaica in 1655, as a lieutenant in Colonel
D'Oyley's regiment, with whom he was con-
nected, and was further appointed secretary
to Cromwell's commissioners. He received
large grants of land in that island, where he
became a colonel of horse, chief justice,
speaker of the assembly, and one of the
council. He was subsequently distinguished
for his spirited and successful resistance to
the arbitrary measures of the crown in 1679,
as related in Edwards's West Indies. lie
died in 1683, and had by his wife, Eliza-
beth, (who remarried the Rev. John Towers,
rector of Swaffham Bulbec, in the county
of Cambridge, grandson of John Towers,
Bishop of Peterborough, and died 1710,)
the following issue,
I. Samuel,* b. 1667, d. 1677.
II. John,* b. 1674, d. 1677.
in. Charles, his heir.
iv. Elizabeth, b. 1670, m. first, Henry
Lowe, esq. of Goadby Marwood, in
the county of Leicester, and secondly,
Henry Smallwood, esq. She had
issue by her first husband,
1. Samuel, of Goadby Marwood,
M.P. for Aldborough, and comp-
troller of the ordnance in Ire-
land, who d. unm. in 1731.
2. Elizabeth, m. Samuel Moore,
esq. by whom she had Sir Henry
Moore, bart. hereafter mentioned.
3. Susanna, m. Theobald Taaffe,
esq. M.P. and d. s. p.
v. Vere* b. 1672, d. 1677.
vi. Mary,* b. 1677, d. 1677.
* These children are buried hi the chancel of
the church of St. Catherine at St. lago de la
Vega, or Spanish Town, under a slab bearing the
arms granted to Edward Long, of Monkton, in
1589, viz. a lion passant, on a chief three cross
crosslets. Crest, out of a ducal crown a lion's
head.
The monument of their father has also the same
armorial bearings, together with the following in-
scription : —
Samuel Long,
Pietate illustris, ingenio inclytus,
Justiti;! ornatus, fama clarissimus,
Corpore recto, animo vegeto,
Pra;mature senuit et sapuit.
Post xlv annos.
Quos vixerat prout virum generorum et vere cla-
rissimum decuit,
Tandem fato cedens,
Quod habuit terrenum terrae reddidit.
Igne recoctum, diei novissima;,
Denuo resumpturus,
Et caditus quod erat,
Et patri, et patriae, spiritus, et amata; rediit
Astreai.
Obiit anno dni. mdclxxxiii,
Junii 28°.
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LONG, OF HAMPTON LODGE.
Charles Long, of Longville, Jamaica,
and of Hurts Hall, in the parish of Sax-
mundham, in the county of Suffolk, only
surviving son, was born in 1679, and re-
turned to parliament for Dunwich in 1716.
He m. first, in 1699, Amy, eldest daughter
of Sir Nicholas Lawes, knt. governor of Ja-
maica, and had issue by her, who d. in
1702,
i. Samuel, his heir.
II. Elizabeth, b. 1701, m. John Hamer-
ton, esq. secretary to South Carolina,
and d. s. p. in 1772.
He married, secondly, in 1703, Jane, dau.
and heir of Sir William Beeston, knt. go-
vernor of Jamaica, and relict of Sir Thomas
Modyford, bait, by whom, who died in 1724,
he bad issue,
in. Charles, b. 1705, of Hurts Hall,
in. Mary, daughter and heir of Dud-
ley North, esq. of Glemham Hall, in
the county of Sulfolk, nephew of
Francis, first Earl of Guildford, lord
keeper, &c. He died in 1778, leaving
two sons,
1. Charles, b. 1748, of Hurts Hall,
m. his cousin, Jane, (now of
Hurts Hall,) daughter of Beeston
Long, esq. and died in 1813, hav-
ing had issue two sons, Charles
and Dudley, both of whom died
young.
2. "Dudley, b. 1749, of Glemham
Hall and Hurts Hall, member
in several parliaments, assumed
the name of North, m. the Hon.
Sophia-Anderson Pelham, dan.
of the last, and sister of the pre-
sent Lord Yarborough, and d. s. p.
in 1829.
iv. William, a lieutenant in the Earl
of Pembroke's dragoons, b. 1706,
d. unm.
v. Beeston, of Carshalton Park, in the
county of Surrey, b. in 1710, m. in
1745, Susanna, daughter and heir of
Abraham Cropp, esq. of Richmond, in
Surrey, and d. in 1785, having had
issue,
1. Samuel, of Carshalton, M.P. for
Ilchester, and sheriff for Surrey
in 1790, m. Lady Jane Maitland,
dau. of the last, and sister of the
present Earl of Lauderdale, (who
in. secondly, Lieutenant-general
Sir William Houston, G. C. B.)
He d. in 1807, and left issue,
Samuel, lieut.-colonel grena-
dier guards, whom, first, the
Hon. Louisa-Emily Stanley,
second daughter of Edward,
Lord Stanley, and secondly,
Sydney, daughter of Arthur
Atherley, esq. M. P. for
Southampton.
Charles Maitland, in holy
orders.
Mary.
2. Richard, d. unm. at Oxford.
3. Beeston, of Coombe House,
Surrey, a bank director, who
m. 1786, Frances-Louisa, eldest
dau. of Sir Richard Neave, bait,
and dying in 1820, left issue,
William, who married in 1830,
Eleonora-Charlotte, sister of
Sir Edward Poore, bart. of
Rushall, and has a son,
William Beeston.
Caroline-Jane, died in 1821.
Amelia- Ann.
Maria, m. to Henry-Seymour
Montagu, esq. and died in
1832, leaving issue.
4. Charles, Lord Farnborough,
(see Bi'RKi.'s Peerage).
5. George, first lieutenant of the
Superbe, killed at the storming
of Trincomalee, in 1782, unm.
6. William, in holy orders, canon
of Windsor, rector of Pulham,
in Norfolk, and of Sternfield, in
Suffolk.
7. Richard, d. unmarried.
8. Sarah, m. in 1774, to Sir George
W illiam Prescott, bart. and left
issue.
9. Jane, m. to her cousin, Charles
Long, esq. of Hurts Hall.
10. Susannah, married to the Rev.
George Chamberlayne.
iv. Jane, b. in 1709, m. first, to Roger
Drake, esq. of Shirley, Surrey, and
secondly, to the Marquess D'Aragona,
of Modena.
v. Anne, b. in 1713, in. to the Rev. Phi-
lip Carter, vicar of Tunstall, Suffolk,
vi. Susannah, d. unmarried, in 1820,
aged 103.
The only son of Charles Long, of Longville,
by his first wife, Amy Law* s,
Samcel Long, esq. b. in 1700, a captain
in Queen Caroline's Dragoons, and keeper
of the king's palace at Newmarket, married
Mary, second dau. of Bartholomew Tate,
esq. of Delapre Abbey, in the county of
Northampton, (by Mary, daughter and co-
heir of Edward Noel, esq. of the Gainsbo-
rough family) and co-heir, with her sister
Catharine, to the ancient baronies of Zouche,
of Harringworth, St. Maur, and Lovel of
Cary. He d. in 1757, and had issue,
I. Samuel, died young,
n. Robert, b. in 1729, who in. Lucyr,
daughter of George- Ann Cooke, esq.
gentleman usher to George II. and
George III. and by that lady (who
in. secondly, John Bagshall, esq. and
thirdly, Corhte de la Salle) had three
daughters,
LONG, OF HAMPTON LODGE.
161
Jane-Catharine-Sarah, m. to Jolin
Oliver, esq. of Hoole Hall,
Cheshire, and has issue.
Mary-Charlotte, m. to her cousin,
Samuel Scuclamore Heming, esq.
and left issue.
Lucy-Ann, m. to Thomas Bayley
Howell, esq. of Prinknash Park,
Gloucestershire, and left issue.
in. Charles, lieutenant 49th foot, who
d. s. p. 1756.
iv. Edward, of whom hereafter.
v. Catharine-Maria, b. in 1727, m. Sir
Henry Moore, bart.
. vi. Susannah-Charlotte, b. in 1733, ?».
first, George Ellis, esq. by whom she
had the late George Ellis, esq. the
accomplished author of the Early
English Poets, &c. and secondly,
Lieut.-General Sir David Lindsay,
bart. and left issue.
vii. Amelia-Elizabeth, b. in 1740, m.
Samuel Heming, esq. and left issue.
The fourth son, but only surviving male heir,
Edward Long, esq. b. in 1734, barrister
of Gray's Inn, accompanied his brother-in-
law, Sir Henry Moore, to Jamaica, as se-
cretary, was afterwards appointed chief
judge of the vice-admiralty court, Jamaica,
and was author of the history of that island.
He m. Mary Ballard, daughter and heir of
Thomas Beckford, esq. (see family of Beck-
ford, of Fonthill, vol. i. p. 679) and relict
of John Pallmer, esq. by whom (who died in
1797) he had issue,
Edward-Beeston, his heir.
Robert-Ballard, a lieutenant-general in
the army and lieutenant-colonel 15th
hussars, who d. unmarried, in 1825.
Charles - Beckford, who m. Frances-
Monro, daughter and heir of Lucius
Tucker, esq. of Norfolk St. Park
Lane, (by Frances, daughter and heir
of William Jenkyns, esq. captain royal
horse Grenadier guards) and by her,
who died in 1813, has had issue,
1. Charles-Edward.
2. Robert Beckford, d. 1827.
3. Mary-Henrietta.
4. Charlotte-Monro, b. and d. in
1805.
5. Caroline-Elizabeth.
Catharine, m. to Richard Dawkius, esq.
fourth son of Henry Dawkins, esq.
of Standlynch, Wilts, and d. in 1826,
leaving issue.
Charlotte, m. to Sir George Pococke,
bart. and has issue.
Elizabeth, m, to Lord Henry-Moly-
neux Howard, deputy earl-marshall
of England, and has issue.
Mr. Long died in 1813, and was s. by his
eldest son,
Edward Beeston Long, esq. of Hamp-
ton, who married Mary, daughter of John
Thomlinson, esq. M.P. for Steyning, (by
Margaret, daughter of Martin Blake, esq.)
and heir to her grandfather, John Thom-
linson, esq. of East Barnet, and by her
(who d. in 1818) he had issue,
Edward Noel, ensign Coldstream regi-
ment of foot guards, lost on his pas-
sage to Spain, in 1809.
Henry-La wes, heir to his father.
Frederic-Beckford, who m. Maria-
Elizabeth, fifth daughter of James
Daniell, esq. and has issue,
1 . Josephine-Margaret-Elizabeth.
2. Isabella.
3. Augusta-Caroline.
Mary, m. to Charles Devon, esq. of
Rackenford, in Devonshire.
Charlotte, m. to George Grenville
Pigott, esq. M.P. for St. Mawes, in
1830, son and heir of William Pigott,
esq. of Dodershall Park, Bucks, and
d. s.p.m 1823.
Mr. Long d. in 1825, and was s. by his son,
Henry - Lawes Long, esq. of Hampton
Lodge.
Arms — Quarterly, first, sa. a lion passant
arg. holding in the dexter paw a cross
crosslet fitchee or, on a chief of the second,
three cross crosslets of the field, for Long.
Second, party, per fess or and gu. a pale
counterchanged, three Cornish choughs ppr.
for Tate ; third, gu. ten bezants, a canton
erm. for Zouche ; fourth, arg. two chev-
ronels gu. in chief a label of five points az.
for St. Maur.
Crest — Out of a ducal coronet or, a lion's
head arg. gutte de sang.
Motto — Pieux quoique preux.
Estates — In the counties of Surrey, Herts,
and Middlesex.
Seat — Hampton Lodge, Farnham, Surrey.
168
MUCKLESTON, OF MERRINGTON.
MUCKLESTON, The Reverend JOHN-FLETCHER, D. D. of Christchurch
College, Oxford, a prebendary of Lichfield and Wolverhampton, to. 16th April, 1793,
Louisa, daughter of the Rev. John Preston, of Askham Bryan, in the county of York,
and had issue,
John, in holv orders.
Rowland, a scholar of Worcester College, Oxford.
Louisa.
Ann, m. to Arthur Battersby, esq.
Mary.
Dr. Muckleston, who inherited Merrington, in the county of Salop, at the decease of his
father, sold that estate in 1817 to his cousin, Joseph Muckleston, esq. of Prescot, who
was high-sheriff of Salop in 1788.
i.
ii.
HI.
IV.
v.
ILmcngc.
-ivi* <sb
The family of MUCKLESTON is of con-
siderable antiquity in the county of Salop.
A charter of the Earl of Arundel and
Surrey, dated 1399, recites that the lands
of Roger, son of Roger de Mokleston,
had been seised into the hands of the earl,
his father, " whom God assoile," by reason
of forfeiture for outlawry, pronounced
against Roger, the son, for the death of
Richard de Mokleston, his brother, by him
feloniously slain ; and it further states, that
Richard Yrland, of Oswestry, had, notwith-
standing the lands were in the earl's hands,
purchased them in fee simple from the said
Roger, the son, "now by the advise of our
council," says the earl, (such is the almost
regal style of our ancient nobles) " and for
the sum of £20 paid by Yrland to us, we
pardon his purchase of the said land, with-
out having first obtained our license."
There can be no doubt that this transla-
tion refers to the family before us, but it is
difficult to assign its proper place in the
pedigree, which commences with
Hocskyn Mi'cci.eston, born in 1345,
who wedded Gertrude, daughter of Hugh
Kvnaston, and was father of
Roger Mi'cci.eston, living in 1366, and
1383. who m. Susan Ottley, and besides, of
his son, William, who continued the line,
\\;is probably father of the Roger and
Richard, mentioned in the deed.* His sou
mid successor,
William Mron .eston, espoused Rebecca
Lucie, and was s. by his son,
Thomas MUCCLESTON, living in the !>ih
III \RY IV. who by his wife, Anne Harris,
had a son and heir,
William Muckleston, who wedded in
the reign of Henry VI. Cicely, daughter of
Richard Ireland, of Oswestry, and was s.
by his son,
Thomas Muckleston, living in 1471,
great grandfather of
John MUCKLESTON, esq. who married
Anne, daughter of Edward Lloyd, of Llwyn-
y-maen, and is styled of Pen-y-lan, in Llan-
vorda, near Oswestry. His son and heir,
Edward Mtckleston, esq. of Pen-y-lan,
recorder of Oswestry, became possessed of
the estate of Meriden, now Merrington, in
the parish of Preston Gobalds, by his mar-
riage (4th January, 1615) with Mary, daugh-
ter and heiress of Thomas Corbet, esq. by
Sarah, his w ife, sister and heiress of Thomas
Colefoxe, esq. of Merrington. Edward
Muckleston died in 1638, and left issue,
i. John, his heir.
II. Rowland, successor to his brother,
in. Richard, of Shrewsbury, who mar-
ried and had issue,
1. Richard, who m. the daughter
Blakewny's Sheriffs of Salop
MUCKLESTON, OF MERRINGTON.
169
of John Tayluar, esq. of Rod-
•lyngton, and had an only child,
John, of Bickton, who wedded
Miss Anne Tong, and left
an only daughter and heir,
Lettice, to. to Richard
Jenkins, esq. of the
county of Salop.
2. Edward, who m. Grace, daugh-
ter of Robert Owen, esq. of Wil-
cott, and had two sons, Richard,
of Greenfields, and Edward, who
d. unmarried.
3. Joseph, of Shrewsbury , who m.
Miss Mary Hawkins, and had
Joseph, of Shrewsbury, who
m. Catherine, daughter of
William Hawkins, esq. of
Burton-upon-Trent, and had
an only daughter and heir-
ess, Catherine, in. to Samuel
Griffith, esq. of Dinthill.
Richard, whom. Mary, another
daughter of William Haw-
kins, esq. and left issue,
Josefh, of Prescott, high
sheriff of Salop in 1788,
who purchased in 1817,
as already stated, the
estate of Merrington,
from his cousin, Dr.
Muckleston. He died
unmarried.
William-Hawkins, M.D.
of London, who to.
Frances, daughter of
Thomas Prestland, esq.
of Walford, and left
an only daughter and
heiress, Elizabeth, to.
to Robert Aglionby
Slany, esq. son of R.
Slany, esq. of Hatton.
4. Benjamin, died unmarried.
5. Mary, m. to John Edwards, esq.
of Ness Strange, in the county
of Salop, (see page 80).
6. Sarah, to. to Morgan Powell,
esq.
iv. Margery, m. to Robert Haywood,
esq. of Woodhouse.
v. Sarah, to. to Francis Lloyd, esq. of
Cockshutt.
vi. Anne, m. to John Harwood, esq. of
Tern, and had issue,
1. John Harwood, LL.B.
2. Thomas Harwood, of Tern Hall,
who to. Margaret, sister of the
Right Hon. Richard Hill, and
was grandfather of Noel Hill,
first Lord Berwick.
3. Edward Harwood, to. and left
issue.
4. Martha Harwood, m. to Simon
Hanmer.
5. Abigail Harwood, to. to John
Congreve, esq. of Congreve.
6. Anne Harwood, to. to George
Curties, esq.
The eldest son,
John Muckleston, esq. succeeded his
father in his estates, and in the office of
recorder. He died unmarried, in 1G63,
when Merrington devolved upon his brother,
Rowland Muckleston, esq. who es-
poused Margaret, daughter of Andrew
Bowdler, gent, and had (with two daugh-
ters, Mary, to. to — Maddox, esq. of Astley,
and Margaret, to. first to John Howard, and
secondly, to Mr. John Collier, A.M.) a son
and successor,
Edward Muckleston, esq. of Merring-
ton, who wedded Anne, daughter of John
Joyce, of Cockshutt, and had issue,
Edward, his heir.
John, who m. Miss Mary Price, and
had a son, Price.
Richard, who to. Miss Sarah Cowkley,
and had a daughter, Sarah, tn. to
Mr. Edward Topham.
The eldest son,
Edward Muckleston, esq. of Merring-
ton, had by Miss Anne Adams, his wife, a
son and heir,
John Muckleston, esq. of Merrington,
who to. Miss Jane Sandland, and Avas *. by
his son,
John Muckleston, esq. of Shrewsbury
and Merrington, who m. Mary, daughter
and co-heiress of John Fletcher,* esq. of
Lichfield, and had issue,
John-Fletcher, his heir.
Charles-Bowdler, of Shrewsbury, who
to. Miss Mary Smith, of Shrewsbury,
and left one son, Edward, of the 25th
regiment, who to. Miss Eliza Jeffreys,
of Willcott, in Salop, and a daugh-
ter, Mary, to. to Edward Shaw, esq.
of Condover Grange, Salop.
Martha, to. to William Cary, esq. of
Cannock.
Mr. Muckleston died about the year 1780,
and was s. by his elder son, the present
Rev. John Fletcher Muckleston, LVD.
Arms — Vert, on a fesse arg. between three
greyhounds' heads erased of the second,
three crosses pattee gu.
Crest — A greyhound's head erased, ppr.
collared gules.
Residence — The Cathedral Close, Lich-
field.
* Mr. Fletcher's mother was daughter of Ralph
Thicknesse, esq. of Batterly, by lirhlget, his wife,
daughter of Sir Johu Egerton, of Wrinehill, who
d. in 1675.
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ALEXANDER, OF POWIS.
ALEXANDER, EDWARD, esq. of Powis, in the county of Clackmannan, b. in
1768, m. first, in 1801, Miss Colquhoun,
daughter of R. Colquhoun, esq. and sister of
Gideon Colquhoun, esq. late Resident at
Bussorah, but had no issue. He espoused,
secondly, in 1803, Catherine, daughter of
John Glas, esq. and niece of Major-General
Sir Alexander Bryce, K. C. H. Inspector-
general of Fortifications, and of Dr. Bryce,
Dean of the Chapel Royal. By this lady he
has had,
I. James-Edward, Captain in the 42iul Royal Highlanders, K.L.S. author of
Travels, &c.
II. John, Captain in the Rifle Brigade, who assumed the surname of Henderson,
on succeeding to the estate of Westerton, at the decease of his uncle, John
Henderson, esq. in whose family the lands of Westerton had been for several
hundred years.
Euphemia-Mayne, who d. unmarried in 1823.
Mary-Bryce.
Catherine-Glas.
Mr. Alexander, a deputy-lieutenant, &c. succeeded to Powis upon the demise of his
cousin, James Mayne, esq. in 1808.
in.
IV.
V.
HtntiW.
This family, which claims to be a branch
from the same root as the Earls of Stir-
ling, inherits the lands of Powis from the
heiress of Mayne, whose progenitors, de-
scending from the Maynes of Lochwood,
were settled near Stirling, and have been
landed proprietors in that neighbourhood
since the commencement of the fifteenth
century.
William Mayne, living temp. Queen Mary
and James VI. held in fee, from the baron
of Tullibodie (Alexander), the lands of Pile,
within a few miles of Stirling, then the chief
residence of the family, in which, as well as
in the possessions in Clackmannanshire, he
was s. by his son,
John Mayne, esq. b. in 1586, who m. first,
Catherine Kerr, of the family of Fairney-
hirst, and had issue,
John, who m. Margaret, sister of Cap-
tain Robert Anderson, of Glasgow,
and left at his decease, in his father's
lifetime, two sons and a daughter,
viz.
William, who s. his grandfather.
Edward, who went to St. Lucar
and Lisbon, and acquired the
lands of Powis and Logie, in the
shires of Perth and Clackman-
nan, and got a charter of them
under the great seal, dated in
1731. He d. unmarried in 1743.
Catherine, m. to James Burn, of
Stirling.
Margaret.
Janet.
Mary.
He wedded, secondly, Margaret, sister-
german of Sir James Hall, of Dunglas ; and
thirdly, Janet Burn, but had no other chil-
dren. He died at the unusually advanced
age of 110, in 1G96, and was s. by his grand-
son,
William Mayne, esq. who was, by his
brother, put in possession of the lands of
Powis and Logie in 1731. He m. first,
Euphan Christie, of Lecropt, and had, with
several daughters, three sons, viz.
I. John, a merchant in London and
Lisbon, who m. Jean, daughter of
Etheldred Davie, esq. of the county
of Devon, and had three sons, Ed-
ward, John, and Henry, and two
daughters, Margaret and Elizabeth,
the issue of all of whom is now
extinct,
n. James, of whom presently.
HI. Edward, of Powis, who m. Janet,
daughter of James Henderson, esq. of
Westertown, by whom he had, with
several daughters, one of whom m.
Alexander Cunningham, of Capeston,
two sons,
LUCAS, OF HASLAND.
171
James, a captain in the 37th foot,
father of Miss Helen Mayne.
Edward,
iv. Catherine, m. to James Burn, esq.
of Galeside.
v. Margaret, m. to Sir Alexander Cun-
ningham, of Capiston.
Mr. Mayne wedded, secondly, Helen Gal-
braith, of the Balgair family, and grand-
daughter of Sir Philip Musgrave, bart. by
whom he had issue,
vi. William (Sir), a privy councillor,
and member in the Irish parliament,
who was created a baronet 22nd
April, 1763, and elevated to the peer-
age of Ireland, as Baron Newhaven,
in 1776. His Lordship married, in
1758, the Hon. Frances Allen, daugh-
ter and co-heir of Joshua, viscount
Allen, but dying without issue, in
1794, his honors became extinct,
vii. Robert, a banker in London, who
in. Anne, daughter and heiress of John
Knight, esq. of the county of Glou-
cester, by Miss Otway, his wife,
daughter of General Otway, and had
issue,
1. William, a colonel in the army,
late of the Life Guards.
2. Robert, in holy orders.
3. Charles-Otway, a captain in the
H. E. I. C. Sea Service.
vin. Helen,whom. John Graham, esq. of
Kernock, son of James, only brother
of John Graham, of Balquhaple, de-
scended from George Graham, of
Callendar, second son of William,
Lord Graham. By this marriage she
had issue,
Thomas Graham, of Kinross,
M.P. father of Lady Montgome-
ry, of Stobo,and of Mrs.Templar.
Robert Graham, of Calcutta.
John Graham, resident at Burd-
wan.
— , m. to — Park, esq. of
1.
2.
3.
Lochore.
5. Ellen, m. in 1780, to Sir Henry
Watkin Dashwood, bart.
IX. Janet, who died unmarried.
x. Barbara, m. to James Duncanson,
esq. of Campleton.
xi. Isabel, m. to James Duncanson,
esq. of Inverary.
William Mayne wedded, thirdly, Helen,
daughter of the Rev. Mr. Stark, of Lecropt,'
descended from the family of Killelmount
and had,
Thomas, of Lisbon, who m. Miss Clever,
of that city, and Miss Pringle of
Whitebank, and had a daughter,
Susan.
Elizabeth, m. to Rev. Archibald Smith,
of Fintry.
Jean, m. to John Brown, merchant in
Glasgow, and had, with other issue, a
son, George Brown, of London.
Mr. Mayne had, by his three wives, twenty-
one children, and the cradle is said to have
rocked in his house for fifty years. Before
he acquired Powis he resided at Cambus,
and his children are mostly registered in
Alloa. His second son,
James Mayne, esq. of St. Ninians, left an
only daughter,
Euphemia Mayne, who m. first, James
Henderson, esq. of Westerton, and had two
sons, John and William. She espoused, se-
condly,
James Alexander, esq. provost of Stir-
ling, and had a son, the present Edward
Alexander, esq. of Powis.
Arms — Quarterly, first and fourth party
per pale, arg. and sa. a chevron, and in base
a crescent, all counterchanged ; second and
third or, a galley sa. three cross crosslets,
fitchee gu.
Crest — A beaver.
Supporters— A highlander and mermaid.
Motto — Per mare, per terras.
Estates — Powis, &c. in the county ot
Clackmannan.
Seat— Powis House.
LUCAS, OF HASLAND.
LUCAS, BERNARD, esq. of Hasland, in the county of Derby, b. at Chesterfield,
24th August, 1757, m. 16th April, 1789, Esther, daughter of the late John Lax, esq.
of Eryholme, in the county of York, and sister of Anthony Lax-Maynard, esq. of Ches-
terfield, by whom he has issue,
Thomas-Burton, in holy orders, rector of Sawtry, in Huntingdonshire.
Bernard-Maynard, of Topton Grove, near Chesterfield, m. 15th June, 1825, Eliza,
only daughter of the late Captain John AVood, R.N. of Bramling House, Kent.
Esther, m. to William Brodhurst, esq. of Newark.
This gentleman succeeded his father 29th May, 1818.
172
PAWSON, OF SHAWDON.
Wxasm.
Thomas Lucas, b. 24th April, 1G57, son
of Bernard Lucas, who d. lltli September,
1060, bought, in 1G95, estates in Hasland,
and in August, 1723, purchased the re-
mainder of tlie lands therein, then belonging
to the family of Lowe, of Orgreaves, but
the title was not completed until 1727. In
an act of parliament obtained about that
period, by Nicholas, Earl of Scarsdale, and
others, for the division of the common fields
and wastes, in ScarclilTe and Patterton, Mr.
Lucas is named by the description of Thomas
Lucas, esq. of Hasland, in the county of
Derby. He in. Miss Elizabeth Thomas, pro-
prietor, in her own right, of several manors
and estates in Lincolnshire, once the pro-
perty of the family of Molyneux, and had a
son,
Bernard Lucas, esq. b. at Hasland, 2(ith
August, 1708, who espoused Ann, daughter
of Robert Wood, gent, of Svvanwick, in the
county of Derby, and had one daughter,
Margaret, who d. unm. and two sons, Tho-
mas, his heir, and Bernard, of Chesterfield,
who d. unm. He died 25th July, 1771, and
was s. by his elder son,
Thomas Lucas, esq. of Chesterfield and
Hasland, a magistrate and deputy lieutenant
for the county of Derby, who wedded Eliza-
beth, daughter of John Burton,* esq. of
Chesterfield, hy Ann his wife, daughter and
heiress of Edward Haslam, esq. of Newbold,
and dying 29th May, 1818, was s. by his
eldest son, the present Bernard Lucas, esq.
of Hasland.
Arms — Arg. a chev gu. between three
orgresses ; on a chief az. a moor cock of the
field between two cross crosslets or.
Crest — An arm embowed, vested sa. be-
zantee cut!' arg. holding in the hand ppr. a
cross crosslet gu.
Estates — In Hasland, Newbold, Calow,
&c. in the parish of Chesterfield, and other
places in the count) of Derby.
Seat — Hasland, near Chesterfield, erected
by the present proprietor, in 1820.
* This John Burton had, besides Mrs. Lucas,
a son, Edward, and a daughter, Ann, who died
without issue, lie was elder brother of William
Burton, of Rovds Mill, near Sheffield, and des-
cended from Richard Burton, of Chesterfield,
grandson of William Burton, of Falde, (who died
5th Richard II.) and Maud Ids wife, sister and
heir of Thomas Curtis, and great grandson of
Nicholas Burton, and A pries his wife, sister and
heir of John Cursun, of Falde. 'the family of
Burton was originally founded by Jami.s Burton,
esquire of the body to Richard I.
PAWSON, OF SHAWDON.
PAWSON, WILLIAM, esq. of Shawdon, in the county of Northumberland, b.
14th May, 1780, m. January 1817, Mary Ann, daughter of the Rev. Robert Trotter, f
of Morpeth, and has issue,
William-John, b. in December, 1817. Mary Ann.
Mr. Pawson, who s. to the estates of Shawdon at the decease of his brother, George
Pawson-Hargrave, esq. in 1817, was high-sheriff of Northumberland during the great
contested election for that county in 1826.
t The name of Trotter is of ancient standing on the Scottish border. The family this reverend
gentleman represented held broad lands in that part of Roxburghshire called the Merse, until forfeited
by adherence to the Stuarts in 1715 and 1745, the last possessor having suffered a long imprisonment,
beside, in Edinburgh and Carlisle Castles. AYilliani Trotter, an ancestor, is recorded to have fallen at
the battle of Flodden ; and in corroboration of the fact, a gold ring was found, about the middle of the
last century, upon the site of the field of battle, bearing an inscription in Norman-French, having be-
tween each word a boar's head, the armorial bearings of the Trotters, and common to them with the
Cordons and Swintons.
PAWSON, OF SHAW DON.
173
Hmcagc.
The Pawson s, a family of great antiquity
in Yorkshire, are first mentioned in the reign
of Henry IV. anno 1405.
Reginald Pawson, by Edith his wife, a
descendant of Simon Montfort, the great
Earl of Leicester, had a son,
Hugh Pawson, father, by Elizabeth his
wife, of
Henry Pawson, who died in 1517, leav-
ing issue,
Richard Pawson, who wedded Elizabeth
, and by her, who was living a widow
in 1576, lie had issue,
I. William.
II. Christopher.
III. Thomas.
iv. John, of whom presently.
v. Anthony.
vi. Oliver.
vii. Richard.
viii. Grace, m. to — Teale.
IX. Ann, living unmarried, 1576.
The fourth son,
John Pawson, esq. of Leeds, in the county
of York, by his will, dated 12th January,
1576, and proved at York 24th April, in the
following year, directs his body to be buried
in the parish church of Leeds. He married
Ann — ,* and had a son and successor,
Christopher Pawson, of Leeds, whose
will, dated 7th January, 1631, and proved
2nd August, 1632, at York, directs his body
to be buried at his stall, in the parish church
of Leeds. He wedded Jane, daughter of
Richard Wilkinson, and by her (who died
in 1634) had issue,
I. Samuel, of York, living in 1632, who
m. Mary, daughter of Elias Mickle-
* Her will is dated 3rd December, 1587, and
is proved at York, 9th February, 1588. She de-
sires to be buried near her mother, in the parish I
church of Leeds.
thwaite, lord mayor of York.
II. Henry, of whom present! v.
in. Richard,
iv. Thomas.
v. William, living in Portugal, 1632.
vi. Ellen, wife of Richard Holmes,
living in 1634.
VII. Elizabeth, wife of T. Bacon, living
in 1634.
vm. Ann, wife of John Lawrence, of
York, living in 1634.
ix. Priscilla.
x. Jane,
xi. Mary.
xn. Grace,
xni. Grace
xiv. Frances.
The second son,
Henry Pawson, of Leeds, purchased
lands of Henry Neville, alias Smith, esq.
He in. Miss Alice Clarkson, and by that
lady, (whose will was dated 3rd March,
1662, and proved at York, April 1663) he
had issue,
I. Christopher, who fined for alder-
man of Leeds. He m. Susan, daugh-
ter and co-heir of Mr. Alderman H.
Roundell, of the same place, and died
12th November, 1694, aged sixty-
four, leaving issue,
1. Henry, alderman of Leeds, who
m. Sarah, dau. and co-heiress of
Richard Beene, of Ledstone, but
d. s. p. His widow was living in
1718.
2. Samuel, d. at Commendem, in
Guinea, where he was chief fac-
tor.
3. Christopher, who m. Mary, dau.
of William Sprentall, and left
an only son and heir,
Henry, of Allerton Gledhow,
near Leeds, who in. Ann,
daughter of Hugh Sleigh,
esq. and dying 3rd Novem-
ber, 1733, left two daughters
and co-heirs, viz.
Elizabeth, b. 21st July,
1724, m. to John Pres-
ton, esq. of Leeds, and
d. s. p.
Anne, b. 16th August,
1729, eventually sole
heiress, m. 26th Febru-
ary, 1759, to William
Wilson, esq. of Aller-
ton Gledhow (jure ux-
oris) alderman of Leeds,
and had an only daugh-
ter and heiress,
Anne Wilson, m.
174
PAWSON, OF SHAWDON.
13th December,
1784, to Thomas
Dalton, esq. who
assumed, in 1817,
on inheriting the
estatesof the family
of Norcliffe, that
surname (see vol.
i. p. 530).
4. Elizabeth, m. to Richard Powell,
of Leeds, and d. 25th November,
1697, aged forty-four, buried at
Leeds.
II. John, of York, who d. 4th August,
1677, and was buried at Bishop-up-
Hill, the elder church in York,
in. Henry.
iv. Alice.
v. Seth, d. 29th May, 1676, aged thirty-
seven, and was buried at Leeds,
vi. Ann, m. to Thomas Day.
Henry Pawson died 27th April, 1661, aged
seventy-six, and was interred at Leeds. His
youngest son,
HENRY Pawson, esq. espoused Sarah,
daughter of Henry Leeds, esq. and by her,
whose will is dated 24th January, 1695, and
proved 13th November, 1696, at York, he
left (with two daughters, Alice, m. to John
Peckett, esq. lord mayor of York, and Sa-
rah, wife of — Wilberforce, esq. of York-
shire) a son and successor,
Eli AS Pawson, esq. lord mayor of York
in 1704, whom. Mary,* daughter of William
Dyneley, esq. of that city, and dying 5th
January, 1715, was buried in Bishop-up-
Ilill, the elder, York, and succeeded by his
son,
Hen&Y Pawson, esq. also lord mayor of
York, who in. Catherine, daughter of R.
Fairfax, esq. of Steeton Castle, and by her,
who d. 20th March, 1767, he left at his de-
cease, in 1735, a son and successor,
John Pawson, esq. who m. Mary, daugh-
ter of Nathaniel Hargrave,! esq. of Shaw-
don Castle, in Northumberland, and had
issue,
John, his heir.
Nathaniel, a major in the army, died
unmarried, at Seringapatam.
Mary, d. unm. at York, 25th January,
* This lady (J. 2nd June, 1728, aged fifty-eight,
t Nathaniel Hargrave, esq. of Shawdon
Castle, m. Sarah, daughter and co-heiress of Wil-
liam Carter, esq. of Kirbywiske, in Yorkshire,
and left issue at his decease, in 1724,
i. James, who was high sheriff' of Northum-
berland in 17S8. He m. Priscilla, daugh-
ter and co-heiress of William Bonner, esq.
of St. Anthony's, and died in 1777, leav-
ing an only son,
William, b. in 1736, high sheriff of
1766, and was buried at Bishop-up-
Hill, the elder church.
Sarah, d. in infancy, in 1736.
Mr. Pawson d. 5th November, 1747, was
buried in St. Nicholas Church, Newcastle-
on-Tyne, and succeeded by his elder son,
John Pawson, esq. a captain in the
Northumberland militia. This gentleman
m. at All Saints Church, 30th November,
1770, Elizabeth, only child of R. Foggin,
esq. by whom (who died in October, 1828)
he had three sons and a daughter, viz.
George, his heir.
John, b. at Newcastle, in 1776, who d.
s. p. in May, 1816, and was buried in
Shoreditch Church, London.
Willi am, successor to his eldest brother.
Elizabeth, m. at St. Andrew's Church,
Newcastle, 9th June, 1806, to William
Harvey, esq.
Mr. Pawson, dying 28th February, 1802,
was buried in St. Nicholas Church, and was
s. by his eldest son,
George Pawson, esq. born at Newcastle-
on-Tyne, 3rd September, 1771, who as-
sumed, by sign manual, in 1817, the ad-
ditional surname and arms of Hargrave.
He m. first, at St. Andrew's Church, New-
castle, in November, 1805, Sophia-Ann,
daughter of the Rev. Henry Latten, vicar
of Woodhom, which lady d. at Morpeth,
30th April, 1813, and was buried in St.
Nicholas Church. He wedded, secondly,
Ann-James, daughter of Janus Collingwood,
esq. of Morpeth, and widow of T. Currell,
esq. of Jamaica, but dying s. p. 29th De-
cember, 1817, at Eslington House, in North-
umberland, was buried in St. Nicholas
Church, Newcastle. The estates devolved
upon his brother, the present
William Pawson, esq. of Shawdon.
Arms — Quarterly, first and fourth, quar-
terly indented az. and gu. on a fess ermine
between three bucks courant or, as many
muscles of the first ; second and third, er-
mines, two chevronels between three lions'
gambs erased or.
Crests — First, a buck's head, erased at
the neck, quarterly indented arg. and gu.
attired sa. and charged with four roundels
counterchanged ; second, a mount vert, and
thereon a hurt charged with the sun in
splendour.
Northumberbnd in 1783, and senior
deputy lieutenant, who m. Catherine,
daughter and co-heiress of Samuel
Shields, esq. and d. s. p. in 1817, be-
queathing all his estates to his rela-
tive, George Pawson, esq. with re-
mainder to William Pawson, esq. and
his heirs.
II. Mary, m. as in the test, to John Pawson,
esq. of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and d. in 1738
MACLEOD, OF CADBOLL.
17;
Motto — Favente Deo.
Estates — Shawdon, Titlington, West Bol-
ton, Lemming-ton, Hoppen, West Byker, in
Northumberland. Coal mines, at Jarrow,
in the county of Durham, and an estate at
Kirbywiske, in Yorkshire, which has des-
cended, in a right line, to the present pro-
prietor from the 3rd of Henry V. anno
1415.
Seats — Shawdon Hall, Lemmington
Tower, and Titlington Hall, in Northum-
berland.
Shawdon Hall is situated in the fertile
vale formed by the river Alne, in the parish
of Whittingham, Northumberland, and built
in 1779, by the late William Hargrave, esq.
nearly on the site of the ancient castle of
Shaw-don, described as one of the border
fortresses. The house is approached from
the east and west lodges through an avenue
of majestic elms, terminated by a row of
variegated hollies, which, for beauty and
magnificence, are allowed to be the first in
the kingdom, several of them being more
than fifty feet in height, and their trunks
nine feet in circumference. Upon the ad-
joining hills are the remains of two Roman
camps ; several cavins likewise afford evi-
dence of more remote antiquity; some of
them have been opened, and found to con-
tain urns of unbaked clay, on which was
traced a rude pattern, and enclosing human
bones and ashes. Silver coins of Robert
Bruce, David of Scotland, and the Edwards
of England, have been occasionally found,
together with a gold rose noble of Edward
I. in beautiful preservation. Shawdon is a
manor in itself, the court rolls and entries
of suit and service to which are extant for
some centuries back. The lords of the do-
main had once possessed the power of exe-
cuting malefactors within their own boun-
daries, and a tree, which bears the appella-
tion of the Hangman's Oak, is yet pointed
out, beneath which, a few years ago, were
discovered the remains of fourteen persons,
who had there probably suffered the penalty
of their crimes.
MACLEOD, OF CADBOLL.
MACLEOD, ROBERT-BRUCE-^NEAS, esq. of Cadboll, in the county of Cro-
marty, and of Invergordon Castle, in Ross-shire, b. in Ja-
nuary, 1764, m. in 1784, Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander
Macleod, esq. of Harris, and has had issue,
Roderick, b. in 1786, M.P. for the county of Suther-
land, lord-lieutenant of the county of Cromarty, and
deputy-lieutenant of Ross-shire, m. in 1813, Isabella,
daughter of William Cunninghame, esq. of Lainshow,
in Ayrshire, and has two sons and two daughters, viz.
Robert-Bruce-jEneas.
Henry-Dunning.
Margaret-Elizabeth.
Anna-Maria.
Elfzabeth-Lillia, ( both d- unm'
Mr. Macleod succeeded his father in 1770. He was,
formerly, representative in parliament for Cromarty, and
was constituted lord-lieutenant for that shire when the
office was first instituted in Scotland, anno 1 794. He re-
signed in 1 833. He is a deputy-lieutenant for Ross-shire.
Hmcagt.
It is acknowledged universally that the
Macleods of Scotland, sprang from the Nor-
wegian Kings of Man, of which monarchs
the following is a brief narrative, as re-
corded in the Chronicle of the Island, pub-
lished with Cambden's Britannia, anno 1586.
Godfred, surnamed Crowan, son
of Harold, the Black, being ap-
pointed sovereign of Man, and the
Western Isles, by Harold, the Im-
perious, came with a fleet, and army,
and took possession of his kingdom,
17G
MACLEOD, OF CADBOLL.
anno 1066, but the superiority still
remained with the kings. He left at
his decease three sous,
1. Lagman.
2. Harold.
3. Olaus, or Olave, a child at his
father's death.
II. Lagman, King of Man and the Isles :
this monarch's brother, Harold,
having raised a rebellion against
him, was defeated and made prisoner,
and Lagman put out his eyes, and
otherwise treated him barbarously,
Lagman being afterwards seized with
remorse, went on a pilgrimage to
Jerusalem, and died there issueless,
in the year 1089. His unhappy
brother, Harold, dying also childless,
the kingdom fell to the youngest and
only surviving brother,
in. Olaus, or Olave, surnamed the
Swarthy, who being still in minority,
the government of the island was
committed to a nobleman of Ireland,
named Donald, son of Thade, but
the regent acting tyrannically, was
expelled the kingdom, and Olaus
having then attained majority, as-
sumed the reins of government,
anno 1102. This monarch espoused
Africa, daughter of Fergus, Lord of
Galloway, at the time one of the most
powerful subjects in Scotland, and
had one sou, Godfred, his heir, with
several daughters, one of whom,
Africa, married Somerled* Macgil-
bred, thane of Argyll, ancestor of
the Macdonalds, and by him had
four sons, viz. Dungall, Reginald,
Angus, and Olave. Through this
marriage the family eventually lost
the kingdom of the Isles, and upon it
was founded the title of Kings and
Lords of the Isles, assumed by the
descendants of Somerlade, the Mac-
donalds ; Olaus had likewise three
illegitimate sons, Reginald, Lagman,
and Harold. He was a good prince,
and always lived in league and
friendship with the kings of Scotland
and Ireland. After a peaceful reign
of about forty years, he was treache-
rously murdered by the sons of his
natural brother, Harold, anno 1143,
and was s. by his only lawful son,
iv. Godfred, King of Man and the
Isles, who m. Phingold, daughter of
Maclotten, son of Mackartae, King
of Ireland, by whom he had one son,
Olaus, or Olave, his heir, and two
natural sons, Reginald and Ivar.
* See Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, article,
Lord Macdonald.
This Godfred proving a tyrant, his
subjects rebelled under Torphin, the
son of Otter, and others, who trans-
ferred the goverment of the island to
Dungall, son of Somerlede. King
Godfred d. in 1187, and his onh
lawful son,
v. Olaus, surnamed the Black, being-
then only ten years of age, the nobles
cast their eyes on Reginald, his
natural brother, who was a brave
man, but he had no sooner got the
reigns of government than he seized
upon the cown, of which he retained
possession thirty eight years, and
gave his brother, Olaus, the rightful
heir, the island of Lewes, for his sub-
sistence. Olaus, however, after en-
countering many dangers and diffi-
culties, recovered, by the assistance
of Paul, sheriff of Sky e, possession of
his kingdom of Man and the Isles,
anno 1236, and enjoyed it until he
died, in the year 1237. He had been
thrice married, first, to a daughter of
one of the nobles of Kintyre, by
whom he had three sons, viz.
1. Harold, ~) Kings of Man and
2. Reginald, rthe Isles, in suc-
3. Magnus, J cession.
By his second wife lie had no issue,
but by the third, Christina, daughter
of Ferquhar, earl of Ross, he was
father of three other sons,
1. Leoid, Loyd, or LBOD, the
acknowledged progenitor of the
clan Macleod.
2. GtiN, from whom the clan Gun,
in Sutherland, are descended.
3. Leaundres, of whom the clan
Leaunders, in Ross-shire.
The three elder sons became in sue;
cession Kings of Man and the Isles,
but that dominion terminated when
Magnus, King of Norway, made a
surrender of Man, and the western
isles to Alexander III. King of
Scotland, in 1265. Magnus, the
youngest of the three sons, and last
king, died without issue, at the castle
Ross, anno 1 '266, and thus terminated
the Norwegian race of sovereigns ; we
now proceed w ith the eldest of the
three younger sons.
vi. Leod, who had in patrimony from
his father, the island of Lewes, &c.
This prince being young at the time
of his father's death, was fostered
and brought up in the house of Paul,
son of Boke, sheriff of Skye, a, man
of the utmost power and authority in
these parts, who had been the con-
stant friend of his father in all his
difficulties, and by whose assistance
he had recovered his crown. Lcod
MACLEOD, OF CADBOLL.
177
flourished in the reign of Alexander
III. and got from the said Paul, the
lands of Herries, &c. He obtained
likewise from his grandfather, the
Earl of Ross, a part of the barony of
Glenely, and he and his descendants
have been promiscuously distinguish-
ed by the titles of Herries, Glenely,
Dunvegan, that Ilk, &c. He m. the
daughter of Macraild Armine, a
Danish knight, by whom he got the
lands of Mogenish, Bracadale, Duri-
nish, Dunvegan, Lindell, Vaterness,
and part of Trotterness, in the Isle of
Skye. By this lady he had two sons,
Tormod, and Torquil, called Mac-
Leods, as the sous of Leod. The
descendants of the former were
called Sheil Tormod, and the
" Macleods of Herries." The pos-
terity of the latter, Sheil Torquil,
and the " Macleods of Lewes."*
Leod was s. by his son,
Torquil Macleod, second baron of Lewes,
b. in the time of Alexander HI. married
Dorothea, daughter of William, Earl of
Ross, and died in the reign of King Robert
Bruce, leaving a son and successor,
Norman Macleod, third baron of Lewes,
who was *. by his son,
Torquil Macleod, fourth baron of Lewes,
who got a charter under the great seal, from
King David Bruce, " Torquilo Macleod,
de Lewes, terrarum baroniae de Assynt,
cum fortalice, &,c. &c." He espoused Mar-
garet Nicholson, by whom he acquired a
considerable accession to his estate, and had
two sons, viz.
i. Roderick, his heir, who carried on
the line of Lewes.
ii. Norman
The second son,
Norman Macleod, obtained from his
father in patrimony, the barony of Assynt,
and dying in the reign of James I. left a son
and successor,
Angus Macleod, second baron of Assynt,
* As it cannot at this distance of time be ascer-
tained which was the elder, the precedency having
been claimed at different periods by both, we sub-
join the grounds upon which the line of Torquil
claims the seniority.
First, Torquil succeeded his father in the
island of Lewes, the paternal estate of the family.
Second, The descendants of Torquil always
carried in their armorial bearing, the arms of the
Kings of Man, and the Isles, their paternal an-
cestors.
T hird, It has been the unvaried tradition in the
family, that Torquil was the elder brother, which
is confirmed by Sir David Lindsay, at the Mount,
Lord Lyon, King at arms, and by Buchanan's
History of the Origin of the Clars, page 62,
printed in 1723.
2.
who m. Margaret Matheison, heiress of
Lochalsh, and had a son and heir,
Donald Macleod, third baron of Assynt,
who wedded Margaret Macdonald, a daugh-
ter of Glengarry, and was ,y. by his son,
Angus Macleod, of Assynt, who es-
poused Christian, daughter of Macdonald,
of Keppoch, and dying in the time of James
V. left a son and successor,
Neil Macleod, of Assynt, whose wife
was Florence, daughter of Mackay, of Farr,
and he was s. by his son,
Neil Macleod, sixth baron of Assynt,
who m. Margaret, daughter of Macdonald',
of Glengarry, and dying in the reign of
James VI. left a son and successor,
Donald Macleod, alias, Donald Bain
More, seventh baron of Assynt, who got a
confirmation under the great seal from King
Charles I. dated 21st November, 1642,
" Donaldo Macleod de Assynt," &c. con-
firming to him and his heirs, the lands of
Annot, and others, in Inverness-shire, and
united to the barony of Assynt, 8tc. He
wedded first, Marian Mackay, daughter of
Donald, first Lord Reay, and had two sons
and a daughter,
I. Neil, his heir, who carried on the
line of Assynt.
II. Donald, who died without issue,
in. m. to — Gordon, a younger
son of the Earl of Sutherland.
Donald m. secondly, Christian, daughter of
Nicholas Ross, of Pitcalnie, and had two
other sons, namely,
iv. Donald, of whom there is no suc-
cession,
v. Hugh.
The youngest son,
Hugh Macleod, of Camscurry, espoused
Christian, daughter of Walter Ross, of In-
vercarron, by whom he had two sons, An-
gus, whose line is extinct, and
./Eneas Macleod, of Cadboll, and Cams-
curry, who nt. Margaret, eldest daughter of
Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, of Scatwell, by
whom he had three sons and a daughter,
viz.
Roderick, his heir.
tt i° ' f both died without issue.
Hugh, i
Frances, m. to Rose, of Clava.
Mr. Macleod represented the county of
Cromarty, in the Scottish parliament, and
was one of those who signed the articles of
union in 1707. He was s. by his eldest
son,
Roderick Macleod, of Cadboll, who
wedded Lilias, daughter of William Mac-
kenzie, of Balmaduthie, by whom he had
issue,
Robert-Bruce-tEneas, his heir.
Margaret, d. unm.
Mr. Macleod died in 1770, and was s. by
his only son, the present Robert-Bruce-
N
178
MANSFIELD. OF BIRSTALL HOUSE.
./Eneas Macleod, esq. of Cadboll, in the
county of Cromarty.
Arms— Quarterly ; first, or, a mountain
inflamed ppr. Second, gu. the three legs of
Man ppr. conjoined in the centre, at the
upper end of the thigh, flexed in triangle,
and the spurs gold. Third, or, a galley
ppr. Fourth, az. a castle triple towered
and embattled arg. masoned sa. windows
and port gu.
Crest — The sun in splendour, and below
the arms a mural crown.
Motto — Above the crest, Loisgim agUS
soilleirghim. Below the mural crown,
Quocunque jeceris stabit.
Estates — Cadboll and Invergordon, in
Ross and Cromarty, and Muldearg, in the
former shire.
Seats — Invergordon Castle, Ross-shire ;
Cadboll, Cromartyshire.
MANSFIELD, OF BIRSTALL HOUSE.
MANSFIELD, JOHN, esq. of Birstall House, in the county of Leicester, b. 13th
March, 1778, m. first, 16th February, 1797, Sarah, only
daughter and heiress of Henry Ward, esq. of Stamford,
in Lincolnshire, and has had seven daughters, viz.
i. MART-ANNE, m. loth April, 1824, to William Tur-
ner, esq. then Secretary of Legation to the Ottoman
Porte, by whom >lic has had,
George Canning Turner, 6.26th September, 1826,
X ~/? and dying 19th February, 1827, was buried in
\. f the Creek, chapel at Pera.
Mansfield Turner, b. at Birstall House, 10th Fe-
bruary, 1828.
Mary Anne Turner, b. at Pera in 1825.
II. Jane-Sarah, who r». 23rd November, 1825, Edmund
Packe, esq. a captain in the Royal Horse-Guards,
third son of Charles James Packe, esq. of Prestwold
Hall, and has issue,
Charles Packe, b. 22nd August, 1826.
Edmund-Stratford Packe, 6.21st September, 1827,
William-James Packe, b. 2nd February, 1833.
Jane Packe.
in. Louisa, who died unmarried 4th March, 1817.
iv. Emily.
v. Agnes, who died young in 1816.
VI. Hannah.
vn. Caroline.
Mrs. Mansfield died in 1813, and was buried in the chancel of the chapel at Birstall
Mr. Mansfield wedded, secondly, Hannah-Mary, only daughter and heiress of Thomas
Harper, esq. of Stamford, but has no other issue. He is a magistrate and deputy-lieu-
tenant for the county of Leicester ; was lieutenant-colonel commandant of the Leices-
ter regiment of Volunteers, and subsequently lieutenant-colonel commandant of the
first regiment of Leicestershire Local Militia. In June, 1818, and in March, 1820,
Mr. Mansfield was unanimously elected one of the representatives in parliament for the
borough of Leicester. In 1 833 he served the otfice of sheriff for the county of Leicester.
Hmcaqe.
This gentleman, who inherited his patri-
monial estates in September, 1798, is son
of John Mansfield, esq. banker, of Leices-
ter, and Mary, his wife, daughter of William
Pank, esq. by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter
of James Bellairs, esq.
Arms — Erm. on a fesse wavy az. a leo-
pard's face arg. between two bezants.
Crest — An eagle rising, wings expanded,
in the beak an annulet.
Estates — In Leicestershire, partly patri-
monial, partly purchased.
Seat — Birstall House, Leicestershire.
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CHAMBERS, OF BREDGAR HOUSE.
CHAMBERS, SIR SAMUEL, knt. of Bredgar House, in the county of Kent, b. 3rd
May, 1763, m. 31st August, 1786, Barbara, eldest daugh-
ter of the Hon. Philip Roper, son of Henry, tenth Lord
Teynham, and has issue,
William, R.N.
Osborn-Williara, m. Eleanor, eldest daughter of Philip
Darell, esq. brother of the late Henry Darell, esq. of
X ~y Cale Hill.
> <£tn Jft^ / Philip, an officer in the First Madras European Regi-
ment in the East India Company's service.
Barbara- R ope r, m. to John Hart, esq.
Charlotte- Angell, m. to John Donaldson Boswell, esq.
of Wardie, near Edinburgh, a Post Captain R.N.
Margaret-Roper.
This gentleman, a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant in
Kent, has twice served the office of sheriff for that shire,
first in 1795, for Colonel Harper, and secondly in 1799,
for himself. In the latter year, King George III. re-
viewing the Kentish Volunteers at the Mote Park, was
pleased to confer the honor of knighthood on the high
sheriff.
Hmenge.
Abraham Chambers, esq. died possessed
of a mansion and estate called Marshes, in
the parish of Selling, county of Kent, Jan-
uary, 1694, and was buried in the church
there. He left issue, by Ann, his wife, five
sons and two daughters, of whom
i. Edward, was the eldest.
II. Abraham, founded the family be-
fore us.
in. William, who inherited Marshes,
vi. Susanna, only daughter of Robert
Gibbs, aud died 14th November, 1724,
leaving three daughters, his co-heirs,
one of whom, Elizabeth, wedded
Robert Hilton, esq. and conveyed to
her husband one third part of Marshes,
Mr. Hilton subsequently became, by
purchase, possessor of the entire pro-
perty, which remained with the Hil-
ton family until 1828, when it was
sold to Lord Sondes.
iv. Samuel, of London, died s. p.
The second son,
Abraham Chambers, esq. espoused Ca-
tharine Spracklyn, of Ellington, in the Isle
of Thanet, where the Spracklyns possessed
considerable property, and resided in the
reign of Queen Elizabeth : many of them
are buried in the chancel of St. Laurence's
church, in the island, and the inscriptions
on their monuments still remain. By this
lady Mr. Chambers had, with several other
sons and daughters,
Abraham Chambers, esq. of Tunstal and
Totteridge, in Kent, who built, about the
middle of the last century, the present Man-
sion house of Woodstock, in that parish,
where he occasionally resided. He m. first,
Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel James,*
Royal Artillery, and had a daughter,
Eliza, m. first, to William Hallett, esq.
of Cannons, and was mother of Wil-
liam Hallett, esq. who has contested
the county of Berks at several elec-
tions. Mrs. Hallett wedded, secondly,
the Rev. Mr. Harington, brother of
the late Sir James Harington, bart.
Mr. Chambers espoused, secondly, in 1761,
Miss Ann James, and had four sons and one
daughter, viz.
Samuel, his heir.
Abraham, late of Bond Street, who m.
Miss Mary Radcliff, and has two
* This gentleman had three brothers, one of
whom distinguished himself in the naval service
of the East India Company, and built the tower
on Shooter's Hill ; another, a colonel in the same
service, was lost in the Grosvenor East-India-
man ; and the third was a colonel in the Royal
Artillery.
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NANNEY, OF BELMONT.
sons, Henry and James, and a dau.
Mary.
James, in holy orders.
William, who at the death of the late
Marquis of Cholmondeley became
possessed, under the will of Sir
James Stepney, bart. of a large
landed property at Llanelly, in Car-
marthenshire, and served the office of
sheriff for that county in 1828.
Emily-Mary-Ann, m. to John Herbert
Foley, esq. of Ridgeway, in Pem-
brokeshire, elder brother of Admiral
Sir Thomas Foley, G.C.B.
Mr. Chambers, who was a magistrate, and
deputy-lieutenant in the counties of Hertford
and Kent, was succeeded at his death, in
1782, by his eldest son, the present Sir
Samuel Chambers, of Bredgur House.
Arms — Gu. a chev. between three cinque-
foils or.
Crest — A bear passant.
Estates — In Kent.
Seat — Bredgar House, near Sittingbourne.
NANNEY, OF BELMONT.
NANNEY, The Reverend JOHN, of Belmont, county of Denbigh, and Maes-y-
neuadd, in Merionethshire, m. first, in January, 1 795, Ann, third daughter and co-heiress
of Sir Thomas Kyffin, of Maenan, in the former shire, by whom (who d. September 20,
1823) he had no issue. He espoused, secondly, October 19, 1829, Ann Fleming, eldest
daughter of John Fisher, esq. of Chetwynd Lodge, in the county of Salop, by whom
he has had a daughter, b. 30th December, 1830, who d. in the following year, and a
son and heir, b. in July, 1833, now living.
Htnraqe.
This family is a branch of that of Wynne,
of Peniarth, (refer to vol. i. page 565.)
Maurice Wynn, second son of William
Wynn, of Glynn, esq. was sheriff of Meri-
onethshire in 1671. He espoused Jane,
daughter and heiress of Griffith Lloyd, esq.
of Maes-y-neuadd, in that shire, and by her
had issue,
t. Robert, of whom hereafter.
II, Margaret, married first, to Morris
Williams, of Llwyn Crwn, and se-
condly to Charles Evans.
HI. Another daughter, married to Grif-
fith Lloyd, of Gwerneinion.
iv. Anne, wife of Robert Owen, of
Tygwyn, in the parish of Dolgelley.
Mr. Wynn died in August, 1673, and was
buried in the chancel of Llandanwg church,
county of Merioneth. He was succeeded
by his only son,
Robert Vf i\\, of Maes-y-neuadd, esq.
sheriff of Merionethshire in 1679, espoused
Jane, daughter of Robert Evans, esq. of
Tan-y-bwlch, in that shire, by whom, who
was buried at Llandanwg, 22nd July, 1712,
he had issue,
i. William, his heir.
II. Maurice, married Mary, daughter
of Thomas Lloyd, of Hendre Urien,
and had issue,
Robert, who married, and had
issue,
in. Robert, in holy orders, rector of
Rhiw, county of Carnarvon, espoused
Ann, daughter of John Lewis, of
Rhiw.
l v. Lowry, married in September, 1698,
Ellis Wynn, of Lasynys, county of
Merioneth.
v. Elizabeth, wife of Robert Lloyd, of
Dduallt.
vi. Jane, wife of Owen Owen, of Dol-
gelley.
vn. Margaret, wife of John More.
vim. Catherine, wife of Morgan Prys,
of Gerddibluog.
NANNEY, OF BELMONT.
181
IX. Ann, wife of John Pugh, of Bodi-
lan.
Mr. Wyun died in October, 1691, and was
buried in the church of Llandanwg. He
was succeeded by his eldest son,
William Wynn, of Maes-y-neuadd, esq.
sheriff in Merionethshire in 1714. He es-
poused first, (about the 3rd of William and
Mary) Margaret, a daughter of the very
ancient house of Brynker, in the county of
Carnarvon, (being the daughter of Ellis
Brynker, of that place, by Jane, his wife,
daughter of Robert Wynne, of Glynn, esq.)
(refer to vol. i. page 569) and by her had,
I. Robert, his successor.
II. Ellis, in holy orders, M.A. of Con-
gleton, in Cheshire, espoused Eliza-
beth, daughter and co-heiress of
Leftwich Oldfield, esq. of Leftwich, in
the same county, and by her had,
Leftwich Bowyer Wynn.
William.
Elizabeth, married in 1753, to Sir
Nigel Gresley, bart.
ill. Jane, living in 1720.
Mr. Wynn married secondly, Margaret,
daughter of Roger Lloyd, of Rhagatt, county
of Merioneth, and relict of Meredith Lloyd,
a younger son of the ancient family of
Lloyd, of Rhewedog, in the same shire,
and had,
William, M.A. rector of Llangynhafal,
in Denbighshire, and Manavon,
county Montgomery, married —
daughter of — Roberts, and by her
had issue. This gentleman was a
distinguished Welsh poet. He died
in 1760.
The will of Mr. Wynn is dated on the 20th
January, 1720. He was succeeded by his
eldest son,
Robert Wynn, of Maes-y-neuadd, esq.
sheriff of Merionethshire in 1734. This
gentleman espoused Lowry, sister and
heiress of John Nanney, esq. of Maes-y-
pandy, in that county, and had a son and
successor,
William Wynn, of Maes-y-neaudd, esq.
sheriff of Merionethshire in 1758, who as-
sumed the surname of Nanney, upon in-
heriting the estates of his mother's family.
He espoused Elizabeth, daughter of John
Williams, esq. of Tyfry, in Anglesea, and
dying 4th April, 1795, left issue,
I. Robert, died unmarried, 25th March,
1803.
II. John, who retained the surname of
Nanney, assumed by his father, and
is the present proprietor.
III. William (Sir) a distinguished mili-
tary officer, governor of Sandown
Fort, in the Isle of Wight, espoused
29th December, 1801, Mary, eldest
daughter of Colonel Long, of Tubney,
in Berkshire. This gentleman re-
tains the surname of Wynn.
IV. Margaret Wynn.
V. Mary Wvnn, died unmarried, in
1833.
VI. Lowry Nanney Wynn, married to
John Vaughan, esq. of Burlton,
county Salop, and had, with other
issue, a son and heir,
Robert Chambre Vaughan, now of
Burl ton, esq. who espoused 11th
September, 1828, Anna, third
daughter of the Hon. Edward
Massey, and has issue.
vii. Jane Wynn, married to John Lloyd,
esq. a younger son of the family of
Lloyd, of Gwerclos, in Merioneth-
shire. She died in December, 1824,
and Mr. Lloyd, on the 24th Decem-
ber, 1825.
jfamilg of fianneg.
The family of Nanney is one of the most
ancient in Wales. They have repeatedly
sat in parliament, for Merionethshire, and
the county now returns Sir Robert Williames
Vaughan, hart, the representative of the elder
branch, and possessor of the Nanney estate.
Edward Nanney, (second son of Hugh
Nanney, of Nanney, esq. sheriff of Meri-
onethshire in 1587, and younger brother of
Griffith Nanney, esq. M.P. for that county
in 1592) lineally descended from Cadogan,
lord of Nanney, one of the sons of Bleddyn
ap Cynvyn, prince of Powis, espoused Eli-
zabeth, daughter of Lewis Gwynn, esq. of
Dolaugwyn, in the county of Merioneth,
and left, with other issue, a son and heir,
Lewis Nanney, esq. sheriff of Merioneth-
shire in 1634, married Jane, daughter and
heiress of John Hughes, esq. of Maes-y-
pandy, in the same county, and by her, who
espoused secondly, John Lloyd, esq. of
Aberlleveney, had issue,
John Nanney, esq. of Maes-y-pandy,
who espoused Elizabeth, daughter and heir-
ess of John Anwyl, esq. of Llanvendiged,
in Merionethshire. Mr. Nanney was living
26th Nov. 1691, but his wife was then dead.
He was succeeded by his son,
John Nanney, esq. of Maes-y-pandy,
and in right of his mother, of Llanvendiged.
He m. Blandina, (who is supposed to have
been a daughter of Vincent Corbet, esq. of
Ynys-y-maen-gwyn) and by her had issue,
i. John, his heir,
n. Vincent,
in. Lewis.
Mr. Nanney was succeeded by his son,
John Nanney, esq. of Maes-y-pandy,
who wedded about the year 1691, Mary,
one of the daughters of Humphrey Pughe,
esq. of Aberffrydlan, county of Montgomery,
and by her had, with other issue, a son and
successor,
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TUFNELL, OF LANGLEYS.
John Nanney, of Maes-y-pandy, esq.
who dying without issue, the estates
devolved upon his eldest sister,
Lowry, who, as before stated, was
the wife of Robert Wynn, of Maes-
y-neuadd, esq.
Arms— Quarterly ; first and fourth, or, a
lion rampant azure, for Nanney. Second
and third, ermine, on a saltier, gules, a
crescent, or, for Wynn.
Crest — A lion rampant azure.
Estates — In the counties of Merioneth,
Flint, and Denbigh, acquired by the mar-
riages of Maurice Wynn and Jane Lloyd,
Robert Wynn and Lowry Nanney, and the
present proprietor with Ann Kyffin, with
considerable augmentations by purchase.
Seats — Belmont, in Denbighshire, and
Maes-y-neuadd, in Merionethshire.
TUFNELL, OF LANGLEYS.
TUFNELL, JOHN JOLLIFFE, esq. of Langleys, in the county of Essex, b. 21st
September, 1 77 8, m. 29th June, 1801, Catherine-Doro-
thy, eldest daughter of Sir Michael Pilkington, bait, of
Chevet, and has issue,
John Jolliffe, b. 1st July. 1805, m. Caroline-Mary,
second daughter of C. T. Tow er, esq. of Weald Hall,
in Ess<\.
William-Michael, b. 31st January, IsKi.
Thomas-Pilkington, b. 5th April,' 1K19.
George-Cressnor, b. Z3d May, 1821.
Isabella-Anne.
Elizabeth, m. to the Rev. H. Cockerell.
Catherine.
Maria-Louisa.
Anne.
Harriet- Dorothea.
This gentleman, who succeeded to the estates upon the
demise of his uncle, 9th May, 1820, is a magistrate and
deputy-lieutenant for the county of Essex, and was high-
sheriff in 1823.
\w
HtnccW.
Richard Ti'fnaile, or TuFNELL, (son of
another Richard Tufnaile) citizen and brewer
of London, resided at Clapham, in the county
of Surrey, and was M.P. for Soufhwark, in
1640. He m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir-
ess of William Humphries, esq. and dying
in August, 1640, was s. by his son,
JOHN TUFNAILE, esq. of London, merchant,
and of Monken Hadley, in the county of
Middlesex, who wedded Elizabeth, daughter
of Mr. Alderman Jolliffe,* of the city of
London, by Rebecca, his wife, daughter of
Walter Boothby, esq. and Catherine, sister
* This John Jolliffe was son of Thomas Jol-
ley, or Jolliffe, esq. of Leeke, in the county of
Stafford, and of Buglawton, in Cheshire, by Eli-
zabeth, his wife, daughter of Edward Mainwaring,
esq. of Whitmore.
and co-heir of Henry Witham, esq. Ry
this lady Mr. Tufnaile left at his decease in
1699, a son and successor,
Samuel Tifnell, esq. of Monken Had-
ley, in Middlesex, and of Langleys in the
county of Essex. This gentleman, a com-
missioner for settling commerce, was re-
turned to parliament in 1727, for Maiden,
in 1728, for Colchester, and in 1741, for
Great Marlow. He m. Elizabeth, daughter
of George Cressener,* esq. and had issue,
* William Cressener, who was buried at Sud-
bury, in Suffolk, in 1454, espoused Margaret,
fourth daughter of Ralph Neville, Earl of West-
moreland, K. G. and widow of Richard Lord
Scrope, of Bolton, by whom he had a son,
Alexander Ciifs'sener, who m. Celia, daugh-
TUFNELL, OF LANGLEYS.
183
i. John Jolliffe, his heir.
II. George Foster Tufnell, esq. of Chi-
chester, colonel of the East Middle-
sex Militia, b. in 1723, who was
returned to parliament by the borough
of Beverley in 1762, and 1774. This
gentleman m. first, at Bath, 11th
February, 1744, Elizabeth, daughter
and co-heir of — Foster, esq. of
Ireland, which marriage was dis-
solved by act of parliament, in 1758.
Colonel Tufnell wedded, secondly,
Mary, daughter of — Farhill, esq.
of Chichester, and dying 10th July,
1798, left, by his second wife,
1. William, of Chichester, b. in
1769, who m. Mary, daughter
and co-heir of Lough Carleton,
esq. and, by that lady, who died
31st August, 1829, left at his
decease 26th April, 1809, two
sons and a daughter, viz.
Henry.
Edward-Carleton, barrister at
law.
Maria, d. unmarried.
2. John-Charles, who married, and
had issue.
3. Samuel-Jollift'e, in holy orders,
prebendary of Chichester, and
vicar of Hunston, and North
Mundham. He m. and had
issue.
4. George, also in holy orders.
5. Frances-Maria, deceased.
III. William, who assumed the surname
of Jolliffe, pursuant to the will of
Sir William Jolliffe, He died 21st
April, 1797.
ter of Sir John Radclyfte, knt. and dying in 1496,
was buried at Sudbuiy. From this Alexander is
presumed to have descended,
John Cressener, esq. of the county of Essex,
who m. Sibill, daughter of Richard Baynham, and
was father of
George Cressener, esq. of Blatherwick, in
the county of Northampton, who m. Sabriani
Freebody, and by her (who died in 1598) left a
son,
Edward Cressener, esq. of Earl's Cone, in
Essex, who m. Edith, daughter of Richard Has-
sall, esq. of Meriden, in the county of Warwick,
and was s. by his son,
George Cressener, esq. of Earl's Cone, living
in 1664, who m. Mary, daughter and heiress ot
John Haling, gent, of London, and was father of
George Cressener, esq. of London, who m.
Maria-Anna, daughter of Nathaniel Payler, esq.
of Nun Munckton, in Yorkshire, and dying 4th
November, 1722, was buried at Earl's Cone. He
left a daughter, Elizabeth, m. as in the text, to
Samuel Tufnell, esq, M.P.
IV.
v. Mary-Anne
,\
in 1794, the younger
Elizabeth, } both d. unm. the elder
1794, th
in 1790.
Mr. Tufnell dying 28th December, 1758,
was buried at Pleshey, and succeeded by
his eldest son,
John Jolliffe Tufnell, esq. of Langleys,
who m. Anna, daughter of William Meeke,
esq. of North Allerton, in the county of
York, and had issue,
i. Samuel Jolliffe, his heir.
II. William, who m. 20th September,
1777, Anna, eldest daughter of John
Close, esq. of Easby House, York-
shire, and had issue,
1. John-Jolliffe, successor to his
uncle.
2. William, in holy orders, who
m. Hannah-Maria, daughter of
John Naylor, esq. of Newstead.
Yorkshire.
3. George, in holy orders, who m.
in 1821, Maria Newton, daugh-
ter of Cornelius Kortwright, esq.
of Hylands, Essex.
4. Eliza-Anne, in. to Sir Thomas
Pilkington, bait, of Chevet Hall.
5. Louisa-Anne, m. 21st Decem-
ber. 1805, to Sir William-Lau-
rence Young, bart. of Marlow
Park.
6. Anne, m. to J. W. Holden, esq.
in. John, of Waltham, in Essex, who
in. Miss Beanlieu, and left two sons,
John and William.
iv. Richard, d. s. p.
Mr. Tufnell d. 23rd September, 1794, and
was s. by his eldest son,
Samuel Jolliffe Tufnell, esq. of Lang-
leys, at whose decease, unmarried, 9th
May, 1820, the estates devolved on his
nephew, the present John Jolliffe Tuf-
nell, esq. of Langleys.
Arms — Az. on a fesse between three
ostrich feathers arg. as many martlets sa.
Crest — A dexter arm, embowed, in ar-
mour ppr. holding in the gauntlet a cutlass
arg. hilt or.
Estates — Langleys, Essex, purchased in
1711, of Dame Mary Everard, widow of Sir
Hugh Everard, bart. The manor of Wal-
tham, and farm called Waltham Bury,
bought of Lord Waltham, and several other
farms in the same county. Estates of Hol-
born and Fenham, in Northumberland, and
New Monckton, in Yorkshire, inherited in
1796, from the present possessor's Uncle
William Tufnell Jolliffe, esq.
Town Residence — 49, Albermarle Street.
Seat — Langleys, near Chelmsford.
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WRIGHTSON. OF CUSWORTH.
WRIGHTSON, W1LLIAM-BATTIE, esq. of Cusworth, in the county of York,
formerly M. P. for East Retford, m. Georgiana, daughter of Freeman Thomas, esq. of
Ratton, in Sussex, by Charlotte, his wife, daughter and co-heir of Henry Pierse, esq. of
Bedale Mr. Wrightson s. his father in 1827.
Hfeeaoe.
7
Robert Wrightson, esq. born in 1629,
purchased, about the year 1670, from the
family of Wray, the manor and lands of
Cusworth. He m. first, Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Thomas Garland, of Todwick, and
had two sons, John and Robert, who both
died young-, and a daughter, Elizabeth, in.
to Henry Earrer, of Ewood. Mr. Wrightson
espoused, secondly, Sarah, daughter of Sir
Thomas Beaumont, knt. of Whitley, b. in
1646, by whom (who died 13th September,
1717, and was buried at Hemsworth) he had
two sons, and as many daughters, viz.
Thomas, >
W.LL.AM,rUCCeSS1Ve Pr°Pnet0rS-
Felicia, d. young.
Mary, in. to John Whitehead, ancestor
of the Rev. Beaumont Whitehead.
Mr. Wrightson dying 17th December, 1708,
was interred at Hemsworth, and succeeded
by his elder son,
Thomas Wrightson, esq. of Cusworth,
who was high sheriff for Yorkshire in 1714.
He wedded Jane, daughter of Sir Paul
Barret, but dying s. p. in January, 1724,
was s. by his only brother,
William Wrightson, esq. of Cusworth,
b. in 1676, elected M.P. for Newcastle-on-
Tyne. This gentleman m. first, Isabel,
relict of Thomas Matthews, and daughter of
Francis Burton, of Newcastle ; and se-
condly, Isabel, eldest daughter and co-heir
of William Fenwick, esq. of Bywell, in
Northumberland; by the latter of whom he
left at his decease, 4th December, 1760,
being buried at Hemsworth, an only sur-
viving child and hein is,
Isabel Wrightson, of Cusworth, />. in
1727, who espoused, 29th December, 1748,
John Battie,* esq. of Warmsworth, in the
county of York, who assumed in 1761, the
surname and arms of Wrightson. By
this gentleman, who died in 1766, aged
forty-three, the heiress of Cusworth, left at
her decease in 17M,an only surviving child,
William WRIGHTSON, esq. of Cusworth,
high sheriff for Yorkshire in 1821, and
sometime M.P. for AUesbury. This gen-
tleman m. first, Barbara, daughter of James
Bland, esq. of Hurworth, in Durham, hut
by her, who died in 1782, had no issue.
• Warmsworth was purchased 14th April, 1668,
by
John Battie, esq. who was born in 1616. This
gentleman m. first, Mary, daughter and heir of
John Pierrepoint, esq. of Wadworth, in the same
shire, and had issue,
i. Francis, of Wadworth, m. Martha, daugh-
ter of Michael Fawkes, esq. of Farnlev,
and d. s. p. in September, 1682.
n. Elizabeth, 7/i. to John Cogan, of Hull,
in. Margaret, m. to the Rev. William Ste-
phens, rector of Sutton, Bedfordshire.
Mr. Battie wedded, secondly, Ann, daughter of
Stephen Kelham, of Rotherham, and dying in
1676, left issue,
i. John, who inherited Warmsworth.
ii. Dorothy, m. to John Worsop, of Adling-
flete.
in. Ann, m. to John Cooke, of Barlborongh.
iv. Jane, m. to William Carter,
v. Sarah, m. first, to Thomas Tomline, and
secondly, to Edward Barnard, of Beverley.
The only son of the second marriage,
John Battie, esq. of Warmsworth, b. in 1663,
m. first, in 1687, Susan, sister of William Vavn-
sor, esq. of Weston, but had no issue. He wed-
ded, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Cop-
ley, esq. of Doncaster; and thirdly, Mary, daugh-
ter of Tobias Harvey, esq. of Womersley, by the
latter of whom, he left at bis decease, 5th No-
vember, 1724, an only son, John, who m. as in
the text, Isabella Wrightson.
LUSHINGTON, OF RODMERSHAM AND NORTON COURT. 185
He wedded, secondly, in 1787, Henrietta,
daughter and co-heir of Richard Heber,
esq. of Marton, by Elizabeth, his wife,
daughter and co-heir of Samuel Barnar-
diston, esq. and had,
William Battie. his heir.
Arthur-Bland, in holy orders, M.A.
rector of Edlington, and vicar of
Campsal.
Richard-Heber, of Lincoln's Inn.
Henry, of Queen's College, Oxford.
Thomas-Barnardiston, of Brazennose
College, Oxford.
Harriet, m. first, to Hon. F. Sylvester
Douglas, only son of Lord Glen-
bervie, and secondly, to the Hon.
Henry Hely Hutchinson, next bro-
ther to John, present earl of Do-
noughmore.
Isabella.
Elizabeth.
Mr. Wrightson died in 1827, and was s. by
his eldest son, the present William-Battie
Wrightson, esq. of Cusworth.
Arms — Or, a fesse, counter-componee
arg. and az. between three griffins' heads,
erased of the third.
Crest — A unicorn saliant arg.
Estates — In Yorkshire.
Seat — Cusworth.
LUSHINGTON, OF RODMERSHAM AND NORTON COURT.
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LUSHINGTON, EDMUND-HENRY, esq. of Park Place, in the county of Kent,
barrister at law, late one of the puisne judges at Ceylon,
subsequently chief commissioner of the Colonial Board of
Audit, and master of the Crown Office, m. first, Louisa,
daughter of Faulknor Philips, esq. of Manchester; and
secondly, Sophia, daughter of Thomas Philips, esq. of
Sedgley, in Lancashire. By the latter he has issue,
i. Edmund-Law.
ii. Henry.
HI. Thomas,
iv. Franklyn.
v. Sophia.
vi. Maria,
vn. Emily,
vin. Rosa.
IX. Ellen.
x. Louisa.
Mr. Lushington succeeded to the representation of the
family upon the demise of his father.
i t i
Umcnge.
Augustine Lushington, of Sittingbourn,
in Kent, living in 1633, was father of
Thomas Lushington, of Sittingbourn,
who held the manor of Rodmersham, in the
same county. He m. Ann, daughter of
Stephen Tomlyn, and by her (who died in
1678) left at his decease, in 1688, a son and
successor,
Stephen Lushington, esq. of Sitting-
bourn, who purchased the fee simple of the
manor of Rodmersham. This gentleman
wedded, first, Catherine, only sister and
heiress of John Godfrey, esq. of Norton
Court, by whom (who died at the age of
twenty-seven, 28th August, 1700) he had an
only child, Thomas-Godrey, his heir. He
m. secondly, Jane-Petley, relict of Edmond
Fowler, esq. of Ash, and had issue,
I. Stephen, who d. issueless.
ii. Franklyn, captain R. N. killed on
board the Burford man-of-war, at the
siege of Guyra, 19th February, 1743.
III. Henry, D.D. vicar of Eastbourne,
in Sussex, who m. Mary, daughter of
Roger Altham, D. D. Archdeacon of
Middlesex, and had four sons and
three daughters, viz.
1. Matthew, who d. unmarried.
2. Stephen, of Soufhhill Park, in
Berkshire, chairman of the East
India Company in 1790, and
created a baronet the following
186 LUSHINGTON, OF ADMERSHAM AND NORTON COURT.
year (see Burke's Peerage and
Baronetage).
3. William, of Mark's Hall, Essex,
and alderman of and M.P. for
the city of London, m. Paulina,
only child of Thomas French,
esq. and had three daughters.
4. Henry, assassinated by Cossim
Ali Cawn, at Patna, in the East
Indies.
5. Maria, m. to JohnTilson, esq. of
Watlington.
6. Charlotte, m. to Ralph Leices-
ter, esq. of Toft (see vol. i. p.
75).
7. Jane, m. to the Rev. Thomas
Altham, LL.D.
iv. William, a colonel in the army, m.
Jane, daughter of Col. Southwell.
v. Jane, m. to the Rev. John Perry,
D.D. rector of Ash.
VI. Catherine, m. to Roger Altham,
esq. barrister-at-law.
Mr. Lushington, who died in 1718, and was
buried in Chillon Church, was s. by his
eldest son,
Thomas-Godfrey Li'shington, esq. of
Sittingbourn, who wedded, first, Dorothy,
daughter of John Gisbourne, esq. and had
issue,
Thomas, who died (before his father)
unmarried, in 1748.
William, a captain in the army, died
unmarried, in 1763.
James-Stephen, in holy orders, heir
eventually.
Catherine, m. to John Cockin Sole, esq.
and died in 1766, leaving an only
daughter.
Mr. Lushington Ml. secondly, in 1752, Miss
Barbara Skeere, of Doddington. He died
3rd August, 1757, aged fifty-seven. His
youngest son,
The Rev.
James -Stephen Li'shington, of Rod-
mersham, in Kent, prebendary of Carlisle,
vicar of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and of Lat-
ton, in Essex, espoused, first, Mary, daugh-
ter of the Right Rev.' Edward Law, D.D.
Bishop of Carlisle, and had two sons and a
daughter, viz.
i. Thomas-Godfrey, who d. unm.
n. Edmund-Henry.
in. Maria-Catherine, m. to the Rev.
Thomas Edwards. LL.D. of Nunea-
ton, in Cornwall, and has issue,
Thomas Edwards.
Maria Edwards, m. to Christopher
Wren, esq. of Wroxall Abbey,
in Warwickshire.
He m, seco dly, Mary, daughter of the Rev.
Humphrey Christian, of Docking, in Nor-
folk, and had four other sons, viz.
i. William-John, of Rodmersham, one
of the commissioners of parliamentary
enquiry, who m. Barbara, daughter
and co-heir of James Wilson, esq. of
Kendal, and has issue,
1. James-Stephen.
2. William.
3. Charles-Hugh.
4. Mary.
5. Jane- Anne.
6. Barbara.
7. Sophia.
II. Stephen-Rumbold, of Norton Court,
governor of Madras, and formerly
M. P. for Canterbury, b. in May,
1776, wedded in 1798, Anne-Eliza-
beth, eldest daughter of George, first
Lord Harris, and has
1. Stephen-George, commissioner
of customs.
2. James-Stephen, private secre-
tary to tlic governor of Madras.
3. George-Thomas.
4. William-Hurdis.
5. Richard.
6. Charles-Manners.
7. Mary-Anne, m. to J. Beckford
W i Id ma n , esq. of Chilham Castle.
Kent.
8. Anne-Elizabeth.
III. James-Law, formerly M.P. for Car-
lisle, lieutenant-colonel 1st regiment
Native Infantry,
iv. Charles-May, one of the circuit
judges on the Madras establishment,
m. Miss Ansell.
v. Hester-Paulina, d. unm.
vi . Dorothy-Christian, m. to Guy Lenox
Prendergast, esq.
The Rev. James-Stephen Lushington was s.
at his decease by his eldest son. the present
Henry-Edmund Lushington, esq.
Arms — Or, on a fesse wavy, between
three lions' heads erased vert, langued gu.
as many ermine spots.
Crest — A lion's head erased vert, charged
on the erasure with three ermine spots or,
ducally gorged arg.
Motto — Prudens qui patiens.
Estates — In Kent.
Seat— Park Place, Kent.
187
CAMPBELL, OF GATCOMBE.
CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER, esq. of Gatcombe Park, in the Isle of Wight, b. 5th
May, 1776, m. 30th June, 1795, Jane, daughter and co-heir of Edward Meaux
Worsley, esq. of Gatcombe, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter and co-heir of Leonard,
Lord Holmes, of Killmallock, and has issue,
Alexander-Glynn, b. 10th August, 1796 ; elected, in 1820, M.P. for Fowey.
Jane-Elizabeth-Mary.
Sophia-Margaret, who died unmarried.
Utntage.
X <y 0 e j?
For an account of this branch of the
Campbells, see Campbell, of Ardchattan
Priory, Colonel Campbell, of Gatcombe,
being a younger son of the late Patrick
Campbell, esq. of Ardchattan, who died the
30th June, 1801, by Lilias, his wife, dau. of
John Macfarlane, esq.
The estate of Gatcombe was obtained by
Colonel Campbell in marriage with Jane,
daughter and co-heiress of Edward Meaux
Worsley, esq. M.P.
The family of Worsley derives from
Sir Elias de Workesley, of Workesley,
in Lancashire, a soldier of the cross, whose
lineal descendant
Sir James Worsley, knt. of Apulder-
combe, captain of the Isle of Wight, es-
poused Anne, daughter and co-heir of Sir
John Leigh, of Leigh, in the county of Dor-
set, and left at his decease, in 1538, Ri-
chard, governor of the Isle of Wight, and
John Worsley, esq. of Apuldercombe,
who m. Jane, daughter of Richard Meaux,
esq. Kingston, in the Isle of Wight, and
dying in January, 1580, was s. by his son,
Thomas Worsley, esq. of Apuldercombe,
h. in 1563. Tiiis gentleman wedded, in
1585, Barbara, daughter of William St.
John, esq. of Farley, in Hampshire, and
had issue,
i. Richard (Sir) created a baronet
29th June, 1611, who d. 27th June,
1621, leaving, inter alios,
1. Henry, second baronet, who d.
in 1666, and was *. by his son,
James (Sir), third baronet,
whose grandson,
Sir Thomas Worsley, sixth
baronet, espoused, in 1749,
the Lady Elizabeth Boyle,
daughter of John, Earl of
Cork and Orrery, and had
one son and a daughter, viz.
1. Sir Richard, seventh
baronet, a privy-coun-
cillor, M.P. &c. who d.
s. p. 5th August, 1805.
2. Henrietta-Frances, m.
in 1784, to the Hon.
John Simpson, second
son of Henry, first Lord
Bradford, and had an
only daughter,
Henrietta - Anna -
Maria-Charlotte
Simpson, who m.
11th August, 1806,
Charles, present
Lord Yarborough,
and has issue (see
Burke's Peerage
and Baronetage).
2. Elizabeth, m. to Sir John Meaux,
bart. of Kingston, and their eldest
grand-daughter and co-heir,
Elizabeth Meaux, wedded Sir
John Miller, of Froyle, and
was mother of
Elizabeth Miller, m. in
1737, to Sir Edward
Worsley, knt. and had
a son,
Edward - Meaux
W'orsley.
188
CAMPBELL, OF GATCOMBE.
II. Thomas.
m. John.
The third son,
John Worsley, esq. b. in 1589, was of
Gatcombe, in the Isle of Wight. He in.
Cicely, daughter of Sir Edward Richards,
of Yaverland, knt. and was s. by his son,
Sir Edward Worsley, knt. of Gatcombe,
b. in 1621, a firm and devoted royalist, who
attempted, at the greatest personal hazard,
the delivery of Charles I. from his im-
prisonment in the Isle of Wight. He m.
Jane Barker, and had a son and successor,
John Worsley, esq. of Gatcombe, b. in
1653, who wedded Ann Urry, of Fresh-
water, in the Isle of Wight, and had two
sons,
Edward, his heir.
David, of Stenbury.in the Isle of Wight,
who in. Mary, daughter of William
Hooke, esq. and had a son,
Francis, in holy orders, rector of
Chale, who in. Anne, daughter
of Henry Roberts, esq. of Stan-
den, and dying in 1808, Left, with
several daughters, seven sons,
viz.
1. James, in holy orders, LL.B.
vicar of Thorley, m. first, in
1794, Elizabeth, daughter of
Thomas Gother, esq. of Bel-
lingham, in the Isle of
Wight, and has two sons,
James and Francis, and one
dau. Elizabeth-Rosetta. He
wedded, secondly, in 1810,
Sophia, daughter of Sir John
Pinhorn, knt. of London,
and has four more sons, viz.
John-Henry, David, Jona-
than, and William-Robert.
2. Henry, a major-general in
the army, and Companion
of the Bath.
3. David, who d. unmarried,
in 1822.
4. Francis, who also d. unm.
5. Robert, of Edinburgh, in.
Miss Cecilia Spottiswood,
and has a son, Francis.
6. Charles - Cornwall - Sey-
mour, of Newport, m. Anne,
daughterof Benjamin Gleed,
esq. of Carisbrook, and has
issue.
7. Thomas, of Liverpool.
Mr. Worsley, of Gatcombe died in 1727,
and was s. by his elder son,
Edward Worsley, esq. of Gatcombe,
who m. 18th Novem 
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